Foodservice associations presented their comments and concerns about proposed federal menu-labeling regulations to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration Tuesday, the final day for submitting public comments on the legislation to the agency, according to Nation’s Restaurant News.
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Editor’s Insight: The food industry coalition called on the FDA to have reasonable calorie disclosure rules for foodservice establishments.
The National Automatic Merchandising Association similarly sought reasonable rules for vending machines. Hopefully, the FDA will respond with feasible rules. Nationwide nutrition labeling, if easy to implement, will benefit the food industry since it will pre-empt state and local rules that are usually problematic. 07-05-11 by Elliot Maras