[nfbmi-talk] sure hope it's made accessable

[joe harcz Comcast]

Precisely and right on.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Terry D. Eagle" <terrydeagle at yahoo.com>
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> Before making nutritional information accessible to the blind, the vending
> manufacturing industry must make vending machines accessible to the blind,
> with selection and price information.  Just imagine, that would alone go a
> long way toward making healthy choices by blind persons using vending
> machines, rather than the machines being like a casino gambling slot 
> machine
> when money is inserted and a button it pushed, hoping one gets the prize 
> he
> or she desires!
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfbmi-talk [mailto:nfbmi-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of joe
> harcz Comcast
> Sent: Thursday, January 02, 2014 7:19 AM
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> Subject: [nfbmi-talk] sure hope it's made accessable
>
> No matter what people think of this requirement it is important for we who
> are blind to require equal access to this information. Bottom line is if
> information is deemed significant for the sighted world then it is
> significant for us too. Access is indeed a civil right.
>
> Joe
> Vending machines to add nutrition data . CONCORD, N.H. - Office workers in
> search of snacks will be counting calories along with their change under 
> new
>
> labeling regulations for vending machines included in President Obama's
> health-care law. Requiring calorie information to be displayed on roughly 
> 5
> million
>
> vending machines nationwide will help consumers make healthier choices, 
> said
> officials at the Food and Drug Administration, which is expected to 
> release
>
> final rules early next year. The FDA estimates the cost to the vending
> industry at $25.8 million initially and $24 million per year after that 
> but
> says
>
> if just 0.02 percent of obese adults ate 100 fewer calories a week, the
> savings to the health-care system would be at least that great. The rules
> will
>
> apply to about 10,800 companies that operate 20 or more machines. While 
> the
> proposed rules would give companies a year to comply, an industry group 
> has
>
> suggested a two-year deadline and is urging the government to allow as 
> much
> flexibility as possible in implementing the rules. Some companies may use
> electronic
>
> displays to post calorie counts while others may opt for signs stuck to 
> the
> machines. - Associated Press
>
>
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