NEW YORK CITY CALORIES LAW COULD THREATEN FAST-FOOD OUTLETS
December 1st, 2006
BY MONICA DOBIE
MANY restaurant chains in New York City will from next summer not only have to eliminate trans-fats from their menus but also display the calorie content of their menu items so that customers can clearly see how fattening the food really is.
Amidst claims that a new law could hit fast-food sales, the New York City Board of Health recently passed a by-law that requires restaurants that have already provided calorie counts of their food on websites or pamphlets or any other public form to display them clearly in the customers view when they order ...
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