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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| HOUSE BILL |
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| INTRODUCED BY BISHOP, COHEN, CREIGHTON, FREEMAN, HORNAMAN, MANN, PETRARCA, SIPTROTH AND YOUNGBLOOD, MARCH 12, 2009 |
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| REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE AND RURAL AFFAIRS, MARCH 12, 2009 |
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| AN ACT |
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1 | Amending Title 3 (Agriculture) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated |
2 | Statutes, requiring restaurants to display dietary |
3 | information. |
4 | The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
5 | hereby enacts as follows: |
6 | Section 1. Title 3 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes |
7 | is amended by adding a chapter to read: |
8 | CHAPTER 66 |
9 | RESTAURANT DISPLAY OF DIETARY INFORMATION |
10 | Sec. |
11 | 6601. Scope of chapter. |
12 | 6602. Definitions. |
13 | 6603. Requirements. |
14 | § 6601. Scope of chapter. |
15 | This chapter provides for the display by restaurants of |
16 | dietary information. |
17 | § 6602. Definitions. |
18 | The following words and phrases when used in this chapter |
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1 | shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the |
2 | context clearly indicates otherwise: |
3 | "Restaurant." A food establishment licensed under 7 Pa. Code |
4 | Ch. 78 (relating to food establishments) that is identified with |
5 | a restaurant chain having 20 or more locations under the same |
6 | name nationally regardless of the type of ownership of the |
7 | restaurant locations. |
8 | § 6603. Requirements. |
9 | A restaurant shall provide dietary information for all food |
10 | and drink items sold in its establishment as follows: |
11 | (1) Caloric information shall be provided on menu boards |
12 | in restaurants in which menu boards are displayed. The size, |
13 | arrangement and typeface of the caloric information shall be |
14 | similar to and as easy to read as other menu board |
15 | information, and the nutrition information shall be displayed |
16 | adjacent to the listing of the food item. |
17 | (2) The nutrition information shall be provided on menus |
18 | in restaurants in which menus are used. The size, arrangement |
19 | and typeface of the nutrition information shall be similar in |
20 | size and typeface to other information about each menu item. |
21 | The nutrition information shall be similar to the categories |
22 | of nutrition information provided on packaged foods sold in |
23 | grocery stores and shall be displayed adjacent to the listing |
24 | of the food item. |
25 | (3) The nutrition information shall be provided on |
26 | wrappers and boxes used to deliver particular items of food |
27 | and drink to customers. The size, arrangement and typeface of |
28 | the nutrition information shall be similar to that of |
29 | nutrition information provided on packaged foods sold in |
30 | grocery stores. |
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1 | (4) Restaurants without menus shall display menu boards |
2 | on the walls. At least one menu board shall be readable from |
3 | 12 feet away from each entrance. The menu board shall meet |
4 | the requirements of paragraph (1) and contain the information |
5 | specified in paragraphs (2) and (3). |
6 | Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days. |
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