August 28, 2017
New York City will wait until May 7, 2018, to enforce its expanded calorie-labeling rules, which mirror the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's identical regulations, in chain restaurants and convenience stores, following an agreement it made Friday in federal court with trade groups that had filed suit against the city.
August 16, 2017
New York City can't start enforcing its rule requiring calorie information to be displayed on restaurant menus this month because it has to mirror the federal government's plan to begin enforcing an identical rule in May, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration told a New York federal court on Tuesday.
August 14, 2017
Restaurant trade groups that have filed suit against New York City said Friday in federal court that the city can't enforce its rule for calorie labeling on menus because it must adhere to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's timeline for an identical federal rule, delayed until 2018.
July 14, 2017
Several restaurant and convenience-store trade groups filed a lawsuit in New York federal court on Friday against the city's health and consumer affairs departments, challenging their enforcement of menu-labeling standards as premature and preempted by federal law.