Restaurants May Face Nutrition Requirements

If House Bill 601 passes, restaurant chains across the country will face new nutritional requirements.
Currently, most fast food restaurants must display a board that shows the calories, trans fat, carbs, and sodium in each menu item. The new legislation would require sit-down chains with 15+ outlets to do something similar, probably in the form of menu changes instead of huge food boards.
Restaurants like Olive Garden, Red Lobster, Applebee’s, Red Robin, and Friday’s would be affected. It would mean that they’d have to print new menus, in most cases, which could be a huge expense for a restaurant with hundreds or …read more