05/03/2017

A Menu Label Reprieve

Some associations have called for the delay while some remain worried

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which is still working to implement menu labeling rules under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), said that it was delaying the rules partly to account for the many types of retail facilities that serve food. Some associations had called for a delay, but at least one was disappointed by the last-second change.

The FDA forthcoming menu labeling rules are going to be forthcoming for a little while longer. The rules, expected to go into effect this Friday, will now be delayed until May 7, 2018, to allow for additional time for implementing the regulations, which were mandated as part of the ACA.

“This extension allows for further consideration of what opportunities there may be to reduce costs and enhance the flexibility of these requirements beyond those reflected in the interim final rule,” the FDA stated on its website.

Please click here to read the complete article from Associations Now.