04/30/2018

Long-delayed Menu-labeling Rules About to Take Effect

Still, many restaurants are not prepared for them

After numerous delays, including one this time last year, the Food and Drug Administration looks like it’s finally ready to put into effect some long-in-the-works nutrition-labeling rules for restaurants.

The rules, anticipated to take effect May 7, have many restaurants—and the associations that represent them—rushing to get things ready in time. And it looks like, at least at this juncture, that the Trump administration is going to let the Obama-era rules go through, with FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb emphasizing that improving public nutrition was one of his main goals.

“I’m committed to advancing our work in nutrition as one tool to help reduce health disparities and improve the lives of all Americans, and to help every family live more free from the burden of preventable illness,” Gottlieb said at a recent conference, according to The Washington Post.

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