Menu Education and Labeling Act

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Never voted on. It didn't reach a floor vote before the 108th Congress ended, so it expired. A bill has to be introduced again to be considered in a new Congress.

D DeLauroSponsor

24 cosponsors · 24 D

7 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.

Menu Education and Labeling Act - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require restaurants that are part of a chain of at least 20 outlets doing business under the same trade name to provide the total number of calories, grams of saturated fat plus trans fat, and milligrams of sodium adjacent to any item on menus in a clear and conspicuous…

What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Nov 5, 2003

Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to propose implementing regulations within 12 months of the enactment of this Act.

Permits restaurants to provide additional nutritional information. Allows States and local governments to require additional nutritional information.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

About this bill and sources

Official title: Menu Education and Labeling Act

Latest action (Mar 10, 2004): Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H936)

Policy area: Commerce · Origin: House · Introduced: Nov 5, 2003

Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)

No recorded floor vote found.