Dr. Susan Mayne, director of FDA's CFSAN, announced on March 9, 2016, that the
compliance date for the menu labeling final rule would be delayed from
December 1, 2016, "to the date that is one year after [FDA]
issues final, Level 1 guidance on menu labeling." FDA was
required to take this step as a result of language in a December
18, 2015, appropriations bill (Public Law 114-113). FDA is currently
reviewing comments it received on the draft Level 1 guidance issued on September 11,
2015, but stated it will finalize it as soon as possible. Last
July, enforcement of the final rule was also extended from December
1, 2015, to December 1, 2016, due to the complexity of its
implementation. The rule requires calorie information to be listed
on menus and menu boards of restaurants and other retail food
establishments that are part of a chain of 20 or more locations, do
business under the same name, and offer for sale substantially the
same menu items.
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