STATEMENT OF ADMINISTRATION POLICY
H.R. 2017 - The Common Sense Nutrition Disclosure Act of 2015
(Rep. McMorris Rodgers, R-WA, and 99 cosponsors)
The Administration opposes H.R. 2017, the Common Sense Nutrition Disclosure Act of 2015.
The
Administration is committed to promoting the public health and ensuring
that Americans have access to information to make informed food choices
for themselves and their families. Today, Americans eat and drink
about one-third of their calories away from home.
To
provide consumers with calorie and other nutrition information about
the foods they eat outside of their homes, the Congress in 2010 required
that calorie information be listed on menus and menu boards in certain
chain restaurants and similar retail food establishments with 20 or more
locations, and on certain vending machines. In 2014, after extensive
shareholder and public participation, the Food and Drug Administration
finalized rules implementing the statutory menu labeling and vending
machine labeling requirements.
H.R.
2017 would undercut the objective of providing clear, consistent
calorie information to consumers. If enacted, it would reduce consumers'
access to nutrition information and likely create consumer confusion by
introducing a great deal of variability into how calories are
declared. The legislation also would create unnecessary delays in the
implementation of menu labeling.
Source: The Executive Office of the President, Office of Management and Budget
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