The FDA’s 105-page final rule on chain restaurant nutrition labeling of menu items now has an associated, 53-page, draft guidance document, supplementing the FDA’s 132-page Food Labeling Guide, we learned from the September...more
Restaurants now have an additional year to revise their menu boards to comply with the Food and Drug Administration’s new menu labeling rules. The FDA had previously finalized new menu labeling rules in connection with the...more
On July 9, 2015, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that it is extending the date for compliance with its menu labeling requirements by one year. Under the new timeframe, businesses covered by the menu...more
Responding to input from stakeholders, the FDA has decided to extend the deadline for complying with its Menu Labeling Final Rule from December 1, 2015 to December 1, 2016. In general, the Rule requires chain restaurants and...more
In a Federal Register Final Rule to be published tomorrow (July 10, 2015), the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will announce that it has extended by one year (to December 1, 2016) the date by which covered restaurants...more
It may surprise some to learn that the Affordable Care Act of 2010, a.k.a. “ObamaCare,” among other things, amended the US Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act to require chain restaurants and similar retail food business to provide...more
On November 25, 2014, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released final rules governing menu and vending machine labeling to implement some of the Affordable Care Act's nutrition labeling requirements. The final...more