The labeling requirements apply to
standard menu items routinely included on a menu or menu board or routinely offered as a self - service food or food on display.
Specifically, the PPACA amended the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act to require certain chain restaurants to publish the total number of calories
of standard menu items on menus and menu boards, along with a statement that puts this calorie information in the context of a total daily calorie intake.
In addition, businesses must maintain detailed, written nutrition information
for standard menu items, including total calories, calories from fat, total fat, saturated fat, trans fat, cholesterol, sodium, total carbohydrates, fiber, sugars and protein.
«Nutrition Labeling of
Standard Menu Items in Restaurants and Similar Retail Food Establishments» significantly expands FDA's regulatory reach into restaurants and beyond.
The main requirement of the final rule is that covered establishments must disclose calorie amounts for
each standard menu item on menus and menu boards, and on signs adjacent to standard menu items that are self - serve or on display.
Beer, wine and mixed drinks that are
standard menu items are covered.
At the most basic level, restaurants must post calorie amounts by
each standard menu item.
One surprising departure from the proposed rule is that the final rule covers beer, wine and mixed drinks that are
standard menu items.
«
Standard menu item» means a restaurant - type food that is routinely included on a menu or menu board or routinely offered as a self - service food or food on display.
The posting must be made on menus and menu boards and on signs adjacent to
standard menu items that are self - serve or on display.
Along with
the standard menu items like Spicy Tuna on Crispy Rice, Yellowtail Jalapeño, and bite sized Ribeye Yakitori, -LSB-...]
Create lower sodium versions of
your standard menu items.
Some innovative chefs like Dan Barber (of Blue Hill restaurant and last winter's popular WastED pop - up in London) have figured out innovative ways to turn pulp into food, such as a beet - pulp cheeseburger, but this is not
a standard menu item.