Hey Ms. Pelosi time to open your eyes. Do you think anybody with a chocolate craving or an urge for Dipsy Doodles cares about the nutrition of any of the crap-food we are eating? Come on this is just more federal regulation designed to try and control the public and industry--the ONLY result will be increasing costs for vending companies and making it harder to get our fix of Hershey Bars.
Section 2572 of the bill (H.R. 3962) says, “In the case of an article of food sold from a vending machine that – (I) does not permit a prospective purchaser to examine the Nutritional Facts Panel before purchasing the article or does not otherwise provide visible nutrition information at the point of purchase; and (II) is operated by a person who is engaged in the business of owning or operating 20 or more vending machines, “the vending machine operator shall provide a sign in close proximity to each article of food or the selection button that includes a clear and conspicuous statement disclosing the number of calories contained in the article.” (See page 1,515 of H.R. 3962 Section 2572 (H) (viii).

The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) is currently working to determine how much the provision will cost the vending industry in changes to packaging or machines. The CBO also requested an estimate from the National Automatic Merchandising Association (NAMA) -- the vending machine trad organization. On Oct. 30, the vending lobby group released a preliminary estimate that the changes would cost tens of millions of dollars at the outset.

NAMA estimated that the first year start-up cost to comply with the basic disclosure would be $56.4 million.

According to Ned Monroe, the senior vice president of government affairs at NAMA, the money will be needlessly spent.

“(O)ur position is that our products already disclose calories. Our items have nutritional information on the back of the packaging already,” he told CNSNews.com Tuesday.

For example he said, “a bottled water is obviously a low-calories item. People that purchase items out of vending machines—it’s not the first time they’ve tried the product, so they understand that there are certain calories in a chocolate treat versus a honey bun versus a baked chip.”

Monroe estimated that the new regulations, which would apply to vendors with “20 or more” machines, would affect 85 to 95 percent of the industry.

“This is a very big economic cost for our members, which are generally smaller vendors -- smaller business owners and operators,” he added.

The language in House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s version of the health care reform bill is identical to language that appears in the draft bill that the Senate Finance Committee produced under Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.).

But Monroe says both chambers are shortchanging the small businesses he represents, arguing that it will be difficult to make up the cost of the changes.

“It’s almost impossible for these costs to be passed on to consumers,” he told CNSNews.com. “Our folks would like to, because their profit margins are so low, and anecdotal evidence says that the vending industry has dropped 17 percent in same-store sales. You know, when the economy drops, there are fewer people (using) the vending machines.”

“The other reason (vendors) can’t pass this along to the consumers is that our products are sold in 5-cent increments, and so if the cost is a penny or two pennies per item, that has to come out of the operators’ bottom line.”

This is a prime example of what Obamacare is all about, government wants to control heath care so they can control your lifestyle. The progressives don't just want to become the candy police, they want to become the police of everything that goes into your stomach.