The Center for Science in the Public Interest appreciates the opportunity to comment on FDA’s Draft Guidance for Industry: Menu Labeling Supplemental Guidance (Edition 2). This draft supplemental guidance covers two topics:
1) Whether Covered Establishments must include calorie disclosures for standard menu items when selling food through third-party platforms, and
2) Whether Covered Establishments may declare added sugars as part of the additional nutrition information available upon request for standard menu items.
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Bill 1326, which we call the “Sweet Truth Act,” sponsored by New York City Councilmember Mark Levine, would require warning icons on chain restaurant menus for items that that exceed 50 grams of added sugars, or an entire day’s worth.
The Food and Drug Administration should improve its process for deciding whether states and localities can enforce local rules for nutrition and menu labeling, according to a petition filed today by CSPI and the Philadelphia Department of Public Health.
The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) and the Philadelphia Department of Public Health (Philadelphia DPH) respectfully submit this petition requesting that the Commissioner of Food and Drugs amend the regulation governing State and local petitions for exemption from
the preemptive effects of the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act’s (FDCA) nutrition and menu labeling standards. A more accessible and appropriate path to exemption would enable States and localities to pass innovative food labeling laws that advance public health.
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The federal government should help Americans avoid weight gain, diabetes, heart disease, and other health problems by setting a new added sugars standard for school foods and by requiring restaurants to disclose added sugars, according to the Center for Science in the Public Interest.