WASHINGTON—The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday proposed guidelines to help restaurants comply with new food-labeling requirements.
The guidelines will help the companies understand what information they need to post on their menus as part of health-care legislation signed into law by President Barack Obama, according to a press release from the FDA.
Under the law, companies must post the number of calories for standard items on their menu and menu boards. The law requires that other nutritional information, such as saturated fat, cholesterol, sodium, total carbohydrates, sugars, fiber and total protein, would have to be made available upon request.
Food-labeling requirements on menus have already taken hold in states such as California and New York, but there wasn't a national law until Mr. Obama signed health-care legislation in March. The requirements are aimed at providing people with more information about the food they eat and helping to reduce rates of obesity.
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