It took our government nine pages of the health care bill that was signed by the president on Tuesday to establish a single national nutritional standard for menus and menu boards. And this doesn’t include additional regulations the Federal Drug Administration is required to propose one year from now.
At least the new federal standards will eventually supersede the patchwork of existing menu labeling requirements. For national restaurants (defined as 20 or more locations), this legislation will require a change in menu design, unless existing local and state requirements already caused operators to undertake this exercise.
The good news for restaurateurs is that the national standard does not go into effect until next year. The bad news is that operators in California, Maine, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Oregon, Philadelphia, and a dozen other localities will be required to comply with varying local and state regulations until that time.
Tell us how you feel about the new federal menu labeling requirements.
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very interesting topic. I take it you’re discussing this because you do printing for these companies…
1) I think it’s terrible that major drug “hanchos” run the food industry.
2) Being that I haven’t read it yet I can’t say for sure, BUT in the past the standards have typically been pretty low.
Do you have a link to these nine pages?
Thanks!