Judge upholds NY calorie menus
Published April 16, 2008 by Rob Larimer
The Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) _ A federal judge has turned aside a challenge from New York restaurants and upheld the city’s rules requiring calories to be posted on some menus.
Judge Richard Holwell says in a ruling Wednesday that the law is a reasonable approach to the city’s goal of reducing obesity.
The new law takes effect on April 21 and applies to restaurants with more than 15 outlets across the country.
That includes fast-food places like McDonald’s and such sit-down chains as Olive Garden and T.G.I. Friday’s. Some restaurants including Starbucks and Chipotle have already started to post calories on menus.
The New York State Restaurant Association had challenged the law.
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Thanks for sharing. It’s great that restaurants are being asked to post their info, but they don’t always provide everything. It’s amazing how hard restaurant chains are fighting to hide their nutrition information. I wanted to share a new service my company just launched called ‘Wellternatives’ that lets people find nutrition info for thousands of chain restaurants for free – right from their cell phone or on the web. It also makes recommendations for a healthier alternative, hence the name… Wellternatives. If restaurants aren’t going to post their nutrition info, we figured we’d do what we could to give people instant access to the info from anywhere. Would love to hear what you think of it! Maija