From the AP wire:
The city Board of Health voted Tuesday to approve a new version of a law requiring fast-food outlets to display calorie counts on their menus, hoping the fat-filled truth will shock New Yorkers into eating healthier.
The regulation, which takes effect March 31, was altered slightly after a judge rejected the city’s first attempt last year.
The new regulation applies to any chain that operates at least 15 separate outlets, including those that don’t currently provide any information on calories. Major fast-food chains make up about 10 percent of the city’s restaurants.
The earlier edition of the reg was thrown out after a judge pointed out that it only required calorie information posted if the restaurant was already making it available.
The nummy treat police apparently had a goal of focusing efforts on fast food joints, where the food is standardized enough to make calorie counts consistent enough to be credible. Thus the 15-franchise threshold in the revised rule.