Philadelphia's
menu labeling law requires full - service chain restaurants with more than 15 locations nationwide to list values for calories, sodium, fat and carbohydrates for each item on all printed menus.
Congress passed the federal
menu labeling law in 2010 as part of the Affordable Care Act.
For example, a number of states, counties and cities have enacted
menu labeling laws requiring multi-unit restaurant operators to disclose certain nutritional information to customers, or have enacted legislation restricting the use of certain types of ingredients in restaurants.
The two metropolises also have some of the most comprehensive
menu labeling laws in the country.
«This is the first field - based study of mandatory
menu labeling laws that found a large overall adjusted difference in calories between customers who dined at labeled restaurants when compared to unlabeled restaurants — about 155 fewer calories purchased,» said Amy Auchincloss, PhD, an assistant professor in the Drexel University School of Public Health and lead author of the study.
Not exact matches
The paper provides a comprehensive view of chain restaurant
menu nutrition prior to nationwide
labelling laws.
Consumers across the country will start seeing these numbers on
menu boards when
labeling requirements roll out nationwide as part of the new health care reform
law.
The enactment of this
law in 2010 created the opportunity to observe whether
menu labeling affects what consumers purchase — by comparing what happens at multiple locations of a single full - service chain restaurant, within and outside of city limits.
McDonald's will change its
menus across Australia after the fast food chain's new display boards were found to breach
labelling laws.
2018-04-07 17:06 McDonald's will change its
menus across Australia after the fast food chain's new display boards were found to breach
labelling laws.