Year: 2009
Resolution Number: 1
Action Taken: Approved as Amended
Status:
Author(s): Robert S. Levine, MD
Sponsor: Robert S. Levine, MD
On behalf of: Oakland County Delegation
Committee: D (Public Health)
Resolved Section(s):
RESOLVED: That MSMS support legislation that would mandate chain restaurants in Michigan to post calorie counts on their menus and displays. REFERENCE COMMITTEE RATIONALE: The Reference Committee supports the addition of calorie counts to the existing MSMS policy (15-08A) that MSMS work with the legislature and MDCH to implement a strategy for restaurants with menu items common to multiple locations to provide standard nutrition labels available for public viewing.
RESOLVED: That MSMS support legislation that would mandate chain restaurants in Michigan to post calorie counts on their menus and displays. REFERENCE COMMITTEE RATIONALE: The Reference Committee supports the addition of calorie counts to the existing MSMS policy (15-08A) that MSMS work with the legislature and MDCH to implement a strategy for restaurants with menu items common to multiple locations to provide standard nutrition labels available for public viewing.
Fiscal Note: NULL
Resolution: View PDF for Nutritional Information Posting at Chain Restaurants