The United States is in the middle of an obesity epidemic with no end in sight, and the Food and Drug Administration, with a long history of failing to improve the country’s health, is suggesting yet another regulation for packaged goods. 

Despite the FDA’s best efforts, chronic disease and obesity have skyrocketed since 1970. But hope springs eternal with taxpayer-funded agencies. The agency, endowed with an over $6.5 billion annual budget, plans to require “front of package” labels to call attention to foods with an excess amount of the recommended dietary allowance for sugar, saturated fat, and salt.