National Restaurant Association (NRA): calorie labeling

February 19, 2008

From the NRA website:

“The NRA does not support legislation or regulation which requires mandatory nutritional labeling on menus or menu boards. Restaurants should have flexibility and freedom in how they may choose to provide nutrition data to their customers. The National Restaurant Association opposes any proposal that includes a one-size-fits-all menu-labeling approach.”

The site links to a nifty map of state and local proposals, as well as to summaries of pending legislation on this and other issues that worry the NRA. This group should be worried. It is fighting its customers who care about health, which seems like an odd business strategy.


5 Comments

  1. […] National Restaurant Association (NRA): calorie labeling […]

    Pingback by Holistic Health and Healing Information » Blog Archive » Health News Today — February 19, 2008 @ 3:43 pm

  2. Canada, of course, has some of the same issues and our NRA managed to have the labeling legislation defeated. We had a super program from “Marketplace’ on CBC on the topic this winter.

    Comment by Gillian — February 19, 2008 @ 9:21 pm

  3. […] Read the rest of this great post here […]

    Pingback by National Restaurant Association (NRA): calorie labeling | health nutrition — February 20, 2008 @ 8:38 am

  4. Those gun nuts really need to mind their own business.

    :)

    Comment by missbossy — February 21, 2008 @ 2:25 am

  5. As the economy slows, Almost half of working adults say they bring lunch at least once a week, according to a nationwide survey by the National Restaurant Association. Nutritional Menus

    Comment by Nutritional Menus — February 28, 2008 @ 12:07 am

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