Oppose Efforts to Delay or Weaken the National Menu Labeling Law

Please take a minute to email your Senator today to oppose efforts to delay or weaken menu labeling, such as the anti-menu labeling bill, the so-called Common Sense Nutrition Disclosure Act (S.261).

National menu labeling went into effect May 7, 2018, but some in industry (largely Domino’s Pizza) are still pushing their anti-menu-labeling bill in the Senate.

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Senator {contact_data~lastName}:

I am contacting you as your constituent to oppose the so-called Common Sense Nutrition Disclosure Act - S.261. The national menu labeling law requires chain restaurants and similar food establishments to provide consumers with calorie information for standard food and beverage items on menus and menu boards. Studies show that providing nutrition information at restaurants can help people make lower calorie choices, and a national poll found that 80 percent of Americans support calorie labeling at chain supermarkets and restaurants. It has been seven years since the law passed and was most recently delayed to May 7, 2018 to accommodate industry.

The Common Sense Nutrition Disclosure Act would not provide modest flexibility as touted, but rather would further delay menu labeling, allow restaurants and other food establishments to make up their own serving sizes, deny customers calorie information from inside pizza chains and many other restaurants, make it harder for customers to find calorie information in supermarkets and convenience stores, and weaken enforcement and consumer protection.  The bill would result in consumer confusion and prevent straight-forward, consistent calorie information at many food service establishments.  Industry concerns have been and will continue to best be addressed through guidance and technical assistance.

Delaying and weakening menu labeling would hinder the public’s ability to make their own, informed choices about how many calories to consume when eating out, which is linked to obesity and diet-related diseases.  Obesity and diabetes rates are at record highs, adding significant fiscal and health burdens on the American public, businesses, and federal, state, and local budgets.

Please let me know if I can count on you to oppose the Common Sense Nutrition Disclosure Act (S.261).

Kind regards,

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