WASHINGTON – For the past year, since the FDA issued its final menu labeling rule, NACS has been actively working on behalf of convenience retailers to moderate the rule’s most onerous compliance features. Governing how retail establishments that sell prepared food must disclose the caloric content of those offerings to consumers, the rules are written in a fashion that makes it easy for large chain restaurants to comply but is particularly onerous for smaller retailers, like c-stores.
Now, NACS needs your help to advocate for sensible menu labeling legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives. Recently, Representatives Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA 5) and Loretta Sanchez (D-CA 47) introduced H.R. 2017, the Common Sense Nutrition Disclosure Act. The bill would amend the FDA rules, making compliance that is flexible and reasonable for our channel of retail, and protecting your employees from potential criminal penalties for mistakes made in labeling of food products.
NACS has joined with like-minded groups to draft a letter that will be sent to members of Congress, encouraging them to sign on as co-sponsors of this important legislation. We’re now asking for your assistance by adding your company’s name to the letter.
UPDATE: On July 9, the FDA issued a delay of the rule until December 1, 2016 – this is good news for our industry but does not solve the problem. We still need your support to help get H.R. 2017 passed.
If you support this legislation, we are asking that you agree to sign your company onto the letter of support that NACS has already signed. To have your name added to the list of signees, please contact NACS Government Relations Director Jon Taets at jtaets@nacsonline.com.