Comments on State Preempts King County Restaurant Guidelines

Sigh, guess we'll all die of food poisoning now.

As long as it doesn't tell me the truth about a Dick's Deluxe and does tell me the truth about a Chipotle chicken burrito (1100+ calories), I'm fine.

yes the nanny state expands - how about some mass transit as a priority for King County govt.?

Why should legislative bodies that both have regulatory control over restaurants be able to lower the standard that would be put in place? shouldn't the higher standard control?

state always trumps county

old concept, from bacck when

While I agree with the notion that the stricter rule is probably a better one, I also think it is better to go with a single statewide regulation, rather than piecemeal county-by-county regulations. Particularly in view of the fact that this rule is directed toward chain restaurants, and not small individual restaurants. Imagine a chain of restaurants trying to follow differing regulations for 40 different counties, rather than one statewide regulation for all of them. A management nightmare, regardless of the intent of the regulation.

The county is better off trying to persuade the state to enact a stricter guideline for the state, rather than argue over who has jurisdiction and who's rules should apply.

you think this is bad...public health seattle/king county is also trying to ban trans fats

Ah, so it's the trans fat lobby ... wonder who they gave money to ...

just about every chain has ALREADY quit using trans fat, just as every adult I know has quit eating red meat, or chooses very lean beef, smaller portions, and only several times a month

common sense of the informed public does prevail

so does pricing, beef is sky high except for the sale

Hey KC--Take a page out of the States book--when the EPA said ONLY the EPA could regulate emission standards on cars, WA decided to sue. So sue them!