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New York Assembly considers banning sodium in all restaurant foods
- Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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- USA
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- March 12 2010
New York Assemblyman Felix Ortiz (D-Brooklyn) has reportedly introduced legislation (A.B. A10129) that would bar restaurants from using salt “in any form” during food preparation
FDA issues terms for voluntary compliance with menu labeling regulations
- Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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- USA
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- July 30 2010
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a notice specifying the terms and conditions for voluntary compliance with section 4205 of the Affordable Care Act of 2010, which established nutritional labeling requirements for chain restaurants with more than 20 locations and vending machine operators with more than 20 machines
Expanded nutrition labeling requirements will extend to restaurants, retail food establishments and vending machines
- Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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- USA
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- March 25 2010
Section 4205 of the health care reform law amends the misbranded food provisions of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to establish new nutrition labeling requirements for standard menu items offered for sale in a "restaurant or similar retail food establishment that is part of a chain with 20 or more locations doing business under the same name (regardless of the type of ownership of the locations) and offering for sale substantially the same menu items
Food makers and chain restaurants improving product quality
- Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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- USA
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- May 28 2010
According to research recently conducted by Harvard's Medical School and School of Public Health in collaboration with the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI), food manufacturers and chain restaurants have responded to trans fat restrictions and bans by improving the quality of the foods rather than simply reverting to the use of saturated fats
FTC announces plan to study food, beverage marketing targeted to kids
- Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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- USA
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- May 28 2010
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has announced its intention to issue compulsory process orders to 48 food and beverage manufacturers, distributors, marketers, and quick service restaurant companies for information on their marketing activities and expenditures targeted toward children and adolescents
San Francisco considers restricting restaurant toy giveaways; advocacy group calls for end to action-figure happy meal promotion
- Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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- USA
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- August 13 2010
Three elected San Francisco officials recently introduced legislation to amend the city's health code by restricting restaurant toy giveaways to only those meals that meet stringent nutritional guidelines
Restaurant workers sue Mario Batali and Joseph Bastianich
- Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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- USA
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- August 20 2010
Renowned restaurateurs Mario Batali and Joseph Bastianich have reportedly been sued by workers in their East and West Coast restaurants
Fast food workers vote against unionizing
- Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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- USA
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- October 29 2010
Employees at 10 Minneapolis-based Jimmy John's sandwich shops have reportedly voted against joining the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), which has since alleged that the close election "was marred by misconduct."
Pelman v. McDonald’s Corp.: no class certification for obese teens
- Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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- USA
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- October 29 2010
A judge from the U.S. Court of International Trade, sitting by designation in a New York federal district court, has determined that the obesity-related claims filed in 2002 against McDonald’s Corp. cannot be pursued as a class action
Sodium content claims against Denny’s dismissed
- Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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- USA
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- April 16 2010
A federal court in Illinois has dismissed putative class claims alleging that Denny’s Corp. fails to inform consumers that some of its menu items contain excessive levels of salt
