Food Labeling; Nutrient Content Claims and Health Claims; Restaurant Foods

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is amending its food labeling regulations to remove the provisions that exempt restaurant menus from the requirements for how nutrient content claims and health claims are to be made and from the requirements for the provision of nutrition information with respect to the nutrients that are the basis for the claim, when claims are made. Because a significant number of meals are consumed outside of the home, the extension of these requirements to menus will help to increase the awareness of the American consumer to the relationships between diet and health. FDA is issuing this final rule at this time in response to a decision by the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.