SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The California Restaurant Association has announced that it opposes a California senate bill that requires posting of nutritional information on menus and menu boards.
Instead, the association is sponsoring a California assembly bill (AB 2572) that "offers a method that will guarantee access to nutrition information in chain restaurants that reflects the needs of consumers and allows restaurants the flexibility to provide it in a way that respects their customers' dining preferences," according to a press release.
The California Restaurant Association said in a statement that it "continues to oppose the impractical approach to nutritional information disclosure found in SB 1420 (Padilla). We share Senator Padilla's commitment to promoting better nutrition and healthier lifestyles. However, SB 1420 creates an unreasonable mandate that will impose significant burdens on restaurants and their customers.
While the association agrees with some points of Padilla's bill, it opposes the "'one-size-fits-all' approach (that) represents the very opposite of what California's restaurants offer," according to the release.
President of the California Restaurant Association, Jot Condie, said they will continue to work with the legislature and governor to achieve a reasonable approach to nutritional information disclosure in restaurants, and that the association is sponsoring AB 2572, which would allow restaurants to provide nutrition information in brochures, and on posters and tray liners.
