"Within days [today], chain restaurants and grocery stores nationwide will have to comply with a high-cost, low-value Obamacare menu-labeling mandate. Failure to comply with the law could land shop owners in prison for a year with a fine of up to $100,000.
A Huge Burden
The controversial provision within the Affordable Care Act goes into effect on May 7 and requires food service businesses with 20 or more locations to list nutritional information for food items on all signs and printed menus. Congress had many chances to amend the rule, to make it more flexible, and reduce the 14.5 million hours the Office of Management and Budget estimated it would take to comply with the mandate. But, despite bipartisan support, lawmakers failed.
Proponents of the rule say it’s a simple way to give consumers information to make healthier food choices, possibly aiding the effort to reduce obesity. The problem with this do-gooder notion is that forcing businesses to list exact calorie contents on all food items on physical menus will be impractical and hugely costly."
https://fee.org/articles/that-silly-obamacare-rule-that-forces-restaurants-to-change-their-menus-is-about-to-go-into-effect/
A Huge Burden
The controversial provision within the Affordable Care Act goes into effect on May 7 and requires food service businesses with 20 or more locations to list nutritional information for food items on all signs and printed menus. Congress had many chances to amend the rule, to make it more flexible, and reduce the 14.5 million hours the Office of Management and Budget estimated it would take to comply with the mandate. But, despite bipartisan support, lawmakers failed.
Proponents of the rule say it’s a simple way to give consumers information to make healthier food choices, possibly aiding the effort to reduce obesity. The problem with this do-gooder notion is that forcing businesses to list exact calorie contents on all food items on physical menus will be impractical and hugely costly."
https://fee.org/articles/that-silly-obamacare-rule-that-forces-restaurants-to-change-their-menus-is-about-to-go-into-effect/