After delay, calorie counts to hit U.S. restaurant menus in 2017

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Source: Reuters

World | Fri May 13, 2016 5:11pm EDT

After delay, calorie counts to hit U.S. restaurant menus in 2017

LOS ANGELES | BY LISA BAERTLEIN

U.S. restaurant owners will have an extra five months to post the calorie counts of the food they sell under a new federal deadline of May 5, 2017.

The national calorie disclosure rule is part of the Affordable Care Act of 2010, also known as Obamacare and aims to help consumers battle the bulge since Americans eat and drink about one-third of their calories away from home.

The regulation requires calories to be listed on menus and menu boards at restaurants and other food retail establishments with 20 or more locations. In most cases, they also apply to vending machine operators with 20 or more units.

The postponement from the previous Dec. 1 deadline was contained in final guidance from the Food and Drug Administration released on May 5.

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1. Lovely

Sticker shock to ruin my meal.

And before anybody says it, it's not exactly easy to ignore either with the number staring you in the face on the menu.

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2. The Republicans really hate small businesses

Large chains can easily afford to do this.

Edited to add: I already live somewhere that oppresses small restaurants with those rules.