I’m lecturing to students taking Berkeley’s Edible Eduction course. Details about the course are here. It can be watched livestream: details here. In person, it’s at the Anderson Auditorium at the Haas School of Business. I’ll be speaking on current food politics and also about Slow Cooked.
by Marion Nestle
Mar
13
2009
A federal calorie labeling law? Uh oh.
Why do I get suspicious when I hear that the National Restaurant Association (NRA) and coalitions of its supporters are in favor of proposed legislation to require calorie labeling in fast food restaurants? Jim Matheson (Dem-Utah) has just introduced a bill that the NRA and its supporters think is just fine. Why? It requires calorie information on menu boards or some other place in the store (hidden under the counter, perhaps?). The New York City initiative puts the information on menu boards in the same size type as the price.