The San Francisco Board of Supervisors passed a law Tuesday requiring chain restaurants
to post nutritional information in an effort to stem rising rates of obesity and Type 2 diabetes.
Photo by Stephen Dorian Miner
By Stephen Dorian Miner
March 13, 2008
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors passed legislation Tuesday requiring restaurant chains with 20 or more outlets to post nutritional information about the foods they serve to help customers make healthy choices.
Introduced by Supervisor Tom Ammiano, the ordinance follows New York City’s lead in mandating chains to post calorie counts, fat, and sodium content, in an effort to stem rising rates of obesity and Type-2 diabetes.
The new law amends the city health code requiring restaurant chains to disclose, “the total number of calories on menu boards and food tags, and the total amount of calories, saturated fat, carbohydrates and sodium on menus.”
The Hunger Site
March 14, 2008 at 9:47 am
A calorie counter makes this a snap! No more bland foods! including fast food from your favorite fast food restaurants. Nutritional Menus
March 13, 2008 at 11:04 am
I think that this initiative is far too mild. I think that a more effective campaign would be to show prominently displayed posters of diseased hearts from postmortem fat people; a brief and vivid description of what type-2 diabetes is and posters of the physical ailments associated with it, such as lost limbs with the slogan “Eat a Burger, Lose a Limb”; restaurants like McDonald’s should be forced to display surgeon general warnings as well.