Great blog post by my Competitive Enterprise Institute colleague Max Laraia on how Congress stepped on a rake when trying to help people with food allergies.
Allergy sufferers to Congress: Please stop trying to help! - Competitive Enterprise Institute
The Law of Unintended Consequences gained another data point recently. A bipartisan bill requiring products with sesame to be specially labeled has resulted in some hard tradeoffs for people with sesame allergies. In April 2021, Congress passed the Food Allergy Safety, Treatment, Education, and Research (FASTER) Act with the goal of making life easier for […]
cei.org