A new way to look at food labeling: red light bad, green light good. Why hasn't anyone thought of this before? So simple in concept. What is it? Traffic lights.
What do you think. Would traffic lights help guide you for quick point of sale food choice?
what if you're color blind? :) I understand how the concept is useful and accessible but it does sound like reducing to lowest common denominator of the shopping population. I remember garanimals. shirt with lion tag matched pants with lion tag...don't mix species and you'd look fine. Maybe a skull and crossbones would work on that can of pork brains and gravy you posted recently. That's an attention grabber and works for poison.
ReplyDeleteColor blind people can drive; they just learn traffic lights as "top, middle, or bottom" instead of "red, yellow green."
ReplyDeleteThe other choice could be writing the color next to the traffic light.
There is a similar concept WRT food safety using labels that change color from green to yellow to red, depending on whether the product has experienced handling or storage issues that might contraindicate its use.
ReplyDeleteGee, nanny, when will I be old enough to figure out my diet all by myself?
ReplyDeleteSorry, can't resist being a bit snarky there. Look, the starting premise is wrong, so the answer, ANY answer, will be wrong. It is not the gov't job to "help us" eat right. We've been quite able to do that for eons all by ourselves, and now, even as it has always been, there will be those who choose not to do what is right, stop lights or no stop lights. What this country does NOT need is any more dumbing down,