New York may ask restaurants to display calories
The New York City Board of Health is considering requiring about 10 percent of the city’s restaurants, including several fast-food chains, to display their products’ calories on menus and signs in the restaurant
The New York City Board of Health is considering requiring about 10 percent of the city’s restaurants, including several fast-food chains, to display their products’ calories on menus and signs in the restaurant. The rule is intended to fight the so-called obesity epidemic, according to The New York Times. Restaurant owners are calling the rule unfair, and civil libertarians say it would violate free speech and private enterprise.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/30/nyregion/30calories.html?_r=1&ref=nyregion&oref=slogin
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