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Multnomah County, Ore., backs menu labeling
July 31, 2008
The Oregonian: The Multnomah County, Ore., Board of Commissioners voted 4-1 on July 31, 2008, to require large chain restaurants and coffee shops to list calorie counts on menus and ordering boards starting next year.
The rule would affect about 90 chains in the county — those with more than 15 outlets nationwide, including everything from Popeyes to Shari's to Outback Steakhouse.Portland would become the fourth major city to impose menu listing, along with New York, Seattle and San Francisco.
Read also, QSRs ponder cost of menu-labeling laws, Menu labeling: A weighty issue, Santa Clara County adopts calorie count rule and N.Y. and Calif. pushing calorie-count legislation.
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