Earlier this month the California Senate completed its Legislature’s approval of the nation’s first statewide law requiring restaurants to post nutrition information for all standard menu items in chains with at least 20 units in the state of California. SB 1420 still requires the Governor’s signature.
SB 1420 is being hailed as a “compromise measure” by the California Restaurant Association, which pushed for inclusion of provisions for protection of restaurants against lawsuits arising from variances in the nutrition information disclosed from what is actually served. The Bill preempts all state and municipal labeling regulations.
For the first 18 months (assuming the bill goes into effect next July), restaurants must either post calorie counts on their menus or menu boards, or provide other nutrition information via brochures available upon request. By January 1, 2011, however, all affected places must have the calorie information posted.
So, now we have the first statewide menu labeling law. What do you think?
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