GE Brings Government’s New Food Guidelines to Your…Microwave?
- Posted on October 3, 2011 at 7:52am by
Jonathon M. Seidl
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It‘s getting harder and harder to ignore the government’s new food guidelines. Case in point: appliance giant General Electric (GE) has introduced new microwaves that have a “MyPlate.gov“ button ”to help create healthy meals,” according to Business Wire.
The change took place in September for 1.9 and 2.1 capacity over-the-range microwaves, and GE is advertising the new appliances on its website. The button allows consumers to easily cook foods found in the government’s new dietary guidelines, which is now visualized using a plate instead of the classic food pyramid. The GE website simply says, “5 food groups, 19 foods and 44 pre-programmed food combinations assist in healthy meal preparation.”
Business Wire explains how it works:
For example, consumers can use GE’s MyPlate feature to select a preset for cooking specific vegetables, such as fresh asparagus, frozen green beans, or numerous other options in each USDA MyPlate category – fruits, vegetables, whole grains and lean proteins.
GE even has a video to help visualize the new feature:
“Our goal with the MyPlate feature is to give consumers an easy way to choose and tastefully cook foods that are healthier for them, using graphics and instructions that are easy to understand,” Susan Gregory, product manager for GE microwaves, told Business Wire. “Providing quality cooked food for a wide range of items is a huge part of the MyPlate feature.”
According to Business Wire, GE “worked closely with the USDA to ensure the MyPlate feature in their cooking products is in step with dietary recommendations.” But that may not be surprising. GE has long had a cozy relationship with the Obama administration. GE CEO Jeffrey Immelt, for example, is the president of Obama’s Council on Jobs and Competitiveness.
In the past, GE has received a greenhouse gas exemption and Citizens for Tax Justice points out the company pays some of the lowest taxes.
For some, that might just push their buttons.
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Comments (171)
KickinBack
Posted on October 3, 2011 at 8:33amI don’t want the government nuking my food!
Report Post »thorkyl
Posted on October 3, 2011 at 8:33amGE used to be a great company
Report Post »Now they are a rotten company that is run by a commie
copatriots
Posted on October 3, 2011 at 9:51amCompletely insane. What company leadership would approve this? A .gov button on a freakin’ microwave? Really??? By the way, I never use a microwave to “cook” or heat up anything. Microwave-able food isn’t exactly the healthiest way to eat.
I stopped buying GE products years ago about the time I stopped watching NBC. What kind of business plan do they have to pfff off the people that actually have the money to buy their product?
Report Post »DanWesson455
Posted on October 3, 2011 at 10:49amRotten creeping Orwellian intrusions. DIp Wads.
Report Post »lillymckim
Posted on October 3, 2011 at 11:17amAre you kidding me?
I refuse to purchase ANYTHING with this GOVERNMENT label on it… I will do without before I purchased one of GE’s shoddy made products too many brands out there to purchase GE products
Report Post »lillymckim
Posted on October 3, 2011 at 11:27amWolf and Viking appliances are 100% “Made In America”..
Report Post »Ne_FAL
Posted on October 3, 2011 at 12:55pmNot run by a communist but a Italian(Mussolini)model fascist .Any bets on how many microwaves with this feature are going to be sold to schools ,hospitals,nursing homes,etc due to some govt. mandate from HHS via regulations concerning the preparation of balanced diets . Remember regulations & rules are not laws but have the power of laws , also remember that the CEO of GE is working hand in glove with Obama. So you will have a manufacturer of microwave ovens working hand in glove with the govt. regulators to get a mandate to purchase a product that they are the sole manufacturer of & thus have a monopoly . Ain’t fascism great(sarcasm.).
Report Post »CatB
Posted on October 3, 2011 at 1:33pmI will NEVER buy anything GE again .. my kitchen is GE and as those appliances need to be replaced they will be replaced by another brand .. they care NOTHING about the consumer .. I had a dishwasher with auto detergent where you fill it and then it automatically dispenses (for about a month) when the Government required changes in the liquid dishwasher detergent we were NOT warned that it would ruin this feature .. GE and Cascade did not put any notice out to consumers .. when we put the new formula in the dishwasher it RUINED this feature … there was a way to clean it out of the old product and then use the new but NO ONE TOLD US .. and they will not stand by and make repairs to the dishwashers .. NEVER AGAIN>>>> anti – American Marxist none taxpaying creeps!
TEA!
Report Post »fluke996
Posted on October 3, 2011 at 8:49pmJust remodeled my kitchen and went out of my way to avoid GE. Wasn’t easy though, they have a huge market presence.
Report Post »rekindle america
Posted on October 3, 2011 at 10:29pmAs long as IMMelt doesn’t have to follow the rules that govern everyone else including keeping jobs in the US and paying taxes . He’s ready to put all the stuff on everyone else we are becoming slaves to the upper crust progressive liberals. Like Gates ,Soros, Pelosi and her brother in law. People like Reed,and the rest of the democratic Senate .
Report Post »Ruler4You
Posted on October 4, 2011 at 1:23amThis is good to know. Not that I would buy a GE product of ANY kind. But it keeps me in the right frame of mind, asian.
Report Post »wolfmanradio
Posted on October 4, 2011 at 1:20pmHear, hear.
Report Post »columbus_tony
Posted on October 3, 2011 at 8:32amFunny how this article came out today. I was microwave shopping over the weekend, and I deliberately skipped over the GE section, Ironically, the reason I was microwave shopping is the GE I had (that was a hand me down) had died.
Report Post »Ashley
Posted on October 3, 2011 at 9:05amWe have actually replaced all of our GE appliances, even when they were still working . . .
Report Post »JustPeachy
Posted on October 3, 2011 at 8:32amSo how is this, GE–we won’t buy your stupid microwave or any of your other products!?
Big Brother says, “Eat your vegetables.” Big Brother wants to be my Mommy now.
Go take a flying leap, Big Brother–and yes, you may add me to your stupid “Attack Watch” site for saying it. I already have a mother and you will never, ever replace her!
GE, GM. . . . BS!
Report Post »Brooke Lorren
Posted on October 3, 2011 at 2:58pmI think I’ll skip on their microwaves too…
While “MyPlate” was a big improvement on their useless food pyramid (heavily influenced by the food industry), it still has its problems. I’d rather do my own research and then choose to accept (or reject) what I’ve learned and incorporate them into my eating habits.
Report Post »robinakilt
Posted on October 3, 2011 at 8:31amGE products will never enter my house so I don’t care what they do. HEY GE WHY DON’T YOU PAY ANY TAXES!
Report Post »Mrtoohappy
Posted on October 3, 2011 at 8:38amDon’t pay taxes because they are moving to China. Glad to know that their CEO is the head of Obamas job program.
Report Post »Bluebonnet
Posted on October 3, 2011 at 9:57amAnd to think Reagan was a spokesman for the GE Theater years ago. Sorry GE, I purposely do not buy anything GE if possible. My microwave is not a GE so I can’t follow their cooking suggestions, I’ll heat things the way I always have, never cook with microwave. ha?
Report Post »It burns my arse that GE has not paid taxes because of the political kickback. So, how do we repay this? By giving the CEO a high level job in the White House. Our Government is corrupt, just stop and look at who are the advisers to Obama and where they came from and who their friends are.
JLGunner
Posted on October 3, 2011 at 2:02pmI wonder if their food guidlines are similar to what they are for the slave labor we exploit in china?
Report Post »Ironeagle
Posted on October 3, 2011 at 8:30amAhhhh. GE always looking out for us…just like their long lasting, energy efficient, environmentally unsafe, mercury laced and cancer causing light bulb.
Report Post »Charbet
Posted on October 3, 2011 at 8:36amI have a closet filled with incandescent light bulbs and still buying more.
Report Post »NJTMATO
Posted on October 3, 2011 at 9:10amYesserrieeee I am stocking up on the Edison’s as well….
Report Post »Will4Freedom
Posted on October 3, 2011 at 11:23amIt would not surprise me if a new “government standard” for “safer” light sockets comes out that doesn’t support the old bulbs.
Report Post »tobywil2
Posted on October 3, 2011 at 8:30amGE is one of the prime co-conspirators in the Great Global Warming Scam! See cartoon: http://commonsense21c.com/images/GLOBAL_WARMING_SCAM.jpg
Report Post »Charles
Posted on October 3, 2011 at 8:39amG.E. is a conspirator. There is no such thing as a co-conspirator. In order to be a co-conspirator one would have to conspire with ones self.. . The term co-conspirator was invented by the illiterate commie media during the Nixon administration.
Report Post »Bluebonnet
Posted on October 3, 2011 at 11:50amThe reason for the wind machines, (that don’t really work that well) is because GE is building them and selling them at a huge cost to us. That’s why Obama said, “we’re going to start paying higher rates for electricity” and he meant it. That‘s why he’s in bed with Immelt, and what does he do? He sends enough jobs to China to keep us unemployed.
Report Post »Our EPA is not to be trusted. They fined an oil company for killing 27 birds, while the wind machines have killed over 400,000 per year including our protected Eagles. What good is the EPA except to go against employment for thousands while he protects the GE debacle? Kinda like the endangered fishies so they shut down irrigation water to our farmers in Calif. and we’re paying more from food from Mexico with questionable growing qualities.
If Michell O knew so much about food, why doesn’t it show on her body? Another sham.
ZAP
Posted on October 3, 2011 at 8:30amMOOchelle aka Bucketa$$ should get one free
Report Post »Bryan-tribeofbeck
Posted on October 3, 2011 at 8:28amI wonder if Michelle Obama’s ultra bacon chili chesse fries recipe is within the guidlines.
Report Post »decendentof56
Posted on October 3, 2011 at 8:45amImmelt had a one-off microwave designed for Michelle. This from a source I have in Gov.
Report Post »The shell is in ebony, with Arabic letters in red, and a green button signals start.
Supposedly… though not confirmed, their is a voice response ordering a white house servant to get the food to Ms. Obama ASAP, then get busy preparing her next meal.
lambchop60
Posted on October 3, 2011 at 8:27ami want buy G.E. products even though i retired from G.E. appliances. the only thing they produce anymore is junk
Report Post »Charles
Posted on October 3, 2011 at 8:41amI think you did a typo – I too buy nothing made by G.E. No light bulbs no appliances; nothing. They are a conspirator with the totalitarian regime in Washington. G.E. is against us.
Report Post »Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on October 3, 2011 at 9:06amGE used to build good appliances. I have an appliance that is still running after 25 years. After it dies, I will not be buying GE anymore.
Report Post »ares338
Posted on October 3, 2011 at 8:26amI was liking and eating healthy foods long before it was a progressive fad! I still see for most of them it’s a do as I say not as I do kind of thing!
Report Post »Charbet
Posted on October 3, 2011 at 8:21amLet the Chinese buy GE’s crap. They can warm up their Obama Fried Chicken in it.
Report Post »EWWGPDN
Posted on October 3, 2011 at 8:17amI will no longer buy GE products, period!
Evil Wins When Good People Do Nothing
Report Post »Paulzy
Posted on October 3, 2011 at 8:14amI don’t buy GE products
Report Post »SamIamTwo
Posted on October 3, 2011 at 8:13amGE, wanna bet that the user knows how to eat healthy? What you think your consumers are dumb? Man no one should buy your cheap crap…GE insults the intellect of the common people? Shame on you GE…you’ve become part of the gestapo by doing their bidding. Prob have sensors that listen in on peoples conversations, eh?
Report Post »marvthemartian
Posted on October 3, 2011 at 3:23pmMore than likely it also has a camera to watch tour every move.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on October 3, 2011 at 8:10amI put all new appliances in my house last month and they were not G.E. I will not buy G.E. products again.
Report Post »TomFerrari
Posted on October 3, 2011 at 8:09amOkay, time for a new appliance superpower to overthrow J.I. (MyGE CEO). He’s just WAY too cozy with the WORST MyPresident in U.S.History! WHY would you chain yourself and your company to the likes of obama? obama has the dirt on MyGE, is MyGuess.
This is kind of creepy. Kinda like MyUncleSam ramming something down MyThroat. It feels like nazi germany propaganda. CREEPY.
Those are MyThoughts at least.
Report Post »SREGN
Posted on October 3, 2011 at 8:20amCroney Socialism.
Report Post »louise
Posted on October 3, 2011 at 8:29amYes it is creepy. It is creepy because it is Corporatism (which is really fascism).
Here is a video where Ron Paul talks about this back in 2007.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4jKNTVD53o
Report Post »MARCH4HIM
Posted on October 3, 2011 at 8:08amthey are into every part of our life …evrything , They hold the most patten rights in the world.
Report Post »this should be a fun ride…not
NJTMATO
Posted on October 3, 2011 at 8:08amThey probably have a chip in there too that tells them how often you are making one of their “recipes” in their microwave so that they can track the sheeples.
Report Post »streetrodder
Posted on October 3, 2011 at 8:08amAnother product from China.
Report Post »onegodinkansas
Posted on October 3, 2011 at 8:06amSend one to Moochelle, I’ll pay for it. …wait a minute, I already did pay for it.
Report Post »IntransigentMind
Posted on October 3, 2011 at 8:17amOh, this is just more typical Obama statism BS. Besides, hangin out at Walmart this weekend since the EBTs were loaded(first of the Month) and you get a different picture of all this “healthy choices” because I didn’t see much asparagus in the carts but I sure saw a lot of chips. Here’s something funny on that score:
Report Post »http://markamerica.com/2011/09/19/video-ebt/
Popp40
Posted on October 3, 2011 at 8:38amYou Tube took the video down…..that should tell you something!
Report Post »angelcat
Posted on October 3, 2011 at 8:05amWe can call it the obama button. I will make it a goal never to buy another GE product. I guess GE thinks people are too stupid to read the directions book, a cookbook, the regular settings on the microwave, or the directions printed on bags and boxes of frozen veggies. That may be true of Obama voters, but I consider it an insult to my intelligence. I expect any day now we will find directions printed on each square of toilet paper telling us the recommended number of time a day we should go to the bathroom and the recommended number of squares of toilet paper we should use to protect the environment (yes, I remember some celebrity already did this once.).
Report Post »Islesfordian
Posted on October 3, 2011 at 8:01amOne more reason I won’t be buying any General Evil products.
Report Post »loriann12
Posted on October 3, 2011 at 8:06amYou mean
Report Post »Government Electric? Just like Government Motors?
starman70
Posted on October 3, 2011 at 8:01amAll from the company which paid NO income tax on 14.2 billion dollars in profits last year.
How better to thank their lackey OBAMMY then to promote MOOCHELLE’S “Healthy agenda”.
A person’s health and eating habits are his/her personal decision and we certainly don’t need GE to tell us what and how to eat.
Report Post »OH, and by the way, I wonder how many “Green dollars” they received from the government for this one?
TomFerrari
Posted on October 3, 2011 at 8:10amExcellent point. They probably DID get MyDollars for this!
Report Post »angelcat
Posted on October 3, 2011 at 7:59amWell, I won’t be buying a GE microwave. I GE is catering to Obama voters who aren’t smart enough to be able to read the directions in a cook book or on a bag of frozen vegetables or in the cookbook that comes with most microwaves or on the other cooking settings on the microwave to know how to cook the veggies or a dinner plate with foods from several groups. I, for one, can figure out how to do that without a “My plate.gov” and resent the implications of the government even infringing on my cooking. Am I over-reacting? I expect to have a “my bathroom.gov” imprinted on the toilet paper soon to tell me when to go to the bathroom and how much paper to use (yes, I remember that some celebrity already tried to do this..
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