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FDA delays menu labeling a year

The FDA acknowledges that more clarity is needed before compliance the disclosure laws for chain restaurants can be enforced.

Peter Romeo, Editor at Large

July 9, 2015

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The Food & Drug Administration announced today that it is delaying enforcement of menu-labeling requirements for chain restaurants for a year, to Dec. 1, 2016.

The agency acknowledged that aspects of the law, a component of the Affordable Care Act, had to be clarified before the mandates could take effect.

A delay had been requested by the National Restaurant Association and other trade groups.

About the Author

Peter Romeo

Editor at Large

Peter Romeo has covered the restaurant industry since 1984 for a variety of media. As Editor At Large for Restaurant Business, his current beats are government affairs, labor and family dining. He is also the publication's unofficial historian.  

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