Restaurant Calorie Counts Delayed by Trump Administration
- Lobby group says last-minute move ‘upends plans’ for industry
- Food regulations had already been delayed twice under Obama
A worker passes a bag of food to a customer at the drive-thru window at a McDonald's fast food restaurant in White House, Tennessee, on Jan. 18, 2017.
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A U.S. rule that would have made restaurant chains display calorie counts on their menus has been delayed by the Trump administration, postponing a public-health initiative that had already been pushed back under President Obama.
The rule would have applied to restaurants with 20 or more locations, as well as coffee shops, movie theaters and other outlets that serve food. It will be delayed until May 7, 2018, while the Food and Drug Administration, which wrote the regulations, collects more feedback, the agency said.