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Article: New York City brings back menu labeling.(STATES IN BRIEF)(Brief article)
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- The Nation's Health
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- March 1, 2008
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The New York City Board of Health once again voted to require the city's chain restaurants to list calories on menus and menu boards in late January.
A previous regulation was blocked by a federal judge who said the measure, which only required calorie information for restaurants that already posted or made available nutrition information, was pre-empted by federal law. APHA was one of many groups to file a brief in that case in support of the city's menu regulations.
The latest regulation requires chain restaurants with more than 15 outlets nationally to list calories by March 31. It will apply to about 10 percent of all New York City restaurants, ...