Tag: menu
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California Lawsuit Alleges That P.F. Chang’s Surcharge on Gluten-Free Foods Violates ADA
A consumer has filed a putative class action alleging the $1 surcharge that P.F. Chang’s imposes on its gluten-free menu items violates the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) by discriminating against those with celiac disease. Phillips v. P.F. Chang’s China Bistro, No. 15-344 (N.D. Cal., removed to federal court January 23, 2015). The complaint asserts that…
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FDA Finalizes Calorie-Disclosure Rules for Restaurants and Vending Machines
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has finalized two rules under the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act that require chain restaurants and vending machine operators to disclose calorie information on menus or at the point of purchase. Generating more than 1,100 public comments, the federal rules aim to standardize labeling requirements “to…
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Senators Seek Flexibility on Food Labeling
In response to Affordable Care Act provisions, requiring restaurants and similar retail food establishments to provide calorie and other nutrition information for menu items, U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) and a bipartisan group of senators have reportedly requested that the Office of Budget and Management (OMB) review nutrition labeling regulations to “ensure that any measures…
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NJ Lawmakers Introduce Bill Addressing Calorie-Content Posting of Foods Sold in Entertainment Facilities
New Jersey lawmakers have introduced a bill (A2990) that seeks to amend legislation requiring retail food establishments to provide calorie information for food and beverages. Proposed by Assemblywomen Nancy Pinken (D-Middlesex) and Linda Stender (D-Middlesex, Somerset and Union), the bill would require entertainment facilities to provide calorie information for food and beverage items offered for…
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House Members Ask FDA to Relax Approach to Menu Labeling
A number of U.S. House of Representatives members have written to Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Margaret Hamburg to express concern over proposed regulations that would implement the Affordable Care Act’s requirements pertaining to the nutrition labeling of standard menu items at chain restaurants. In their February 14, 2014, letter, they claim that FDA’s…
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Study Claims Restaurant Menus Remain Unhealthy
A recent study asserts that the energy and sodium content of main entrées served in U.S. chain restaurants has remained unchanged over a one-year period, despite the enactment of federal regulations requiring menu labeling. Helen Wu & Roland Sturm, “Changes in the Energy and Sodium Content of Main Entrées in US Chain Restaurants from 2010…
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NEJM Perspective Article Discusses Obesity Prevention at the Local Level
A perspective article published in the May 9, 2013, issue of the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) urges local governments to consider supplementing the federal Affordable Care Act’s (ACA’s) menu-labeling provisions with their own laws designed to improve consumer responsiveness to the calorie listings and increase overall compliance among businesses. Sara Bleich and Lainie Rutkow,…
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Proposed Legislation Would Amend Federal Menu Labeling Requirements
U.S. Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.) has introduced legislation (H.R. 1249) that would amend the federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic (FD&C) Act “to improve and clarify certain disclosure requirements for restaurants, similar food retail establishments, and vending machines.” Titled the “Common Sense Nutrition Disclosure Act of 2013,” the bill would classify a restaurant or similar…