FDA May Make Too Many Pizza Toppings a Crime

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Heritage Foundation

Jenny Craig can’t arrest you if you miscount your calories, but the federal government could if a new calorie-counting rule takes effect.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s “Nutrition Labeling of Standard Menu Items in Restaurants and Similar Retail Food Establishments” (79 FR 71155) rule is scheduled to take effect on May 5. The 105-page rule implements Obama-era amendments to the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FD&C Act), which sets national standards for the marketing and labeling of food products.
The rule will require, among other mandates, that all restaurants and other retail food outlets, such as movie theaters, operating as one brand with at least 20 stores display a calorie count in addition to other nutritional information for all standard menu items on the establishment’s “menus and menu boards.”
 

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Trump Administration Delays Obamacare Calorie Rule

The Trump administration is delaying an onerous Obamacare regulation that left confusion as to what a menu is.
The Obama rule that mandated calorie labeling in restaurants and groceries was set to take effect on Friday. After complaints from small businesses, the Food and Drug Administration announced Monday it was delaying compliance for one year and will work to add flexibility to the regulation.
"The FDA has made the right decision to delay a rule that would have essentially dictated how every food service establishment in America with more than 20 locations—restaurants, grocery stores, movie theaters, and more—writes and displays their menus," said Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price.