San Francisco Menu Labeling Ordinance 

Legal timeline

July 1, 2009

Nutritional Disclosure Requirements under Section 114094 of the California Health and Safety Code take effect

November 25, 2008

In order to promote enforcement of Section 114094 of the California Health and Safety Code, the Board of Supervisors suspends Sections 468.3 through 468.8 of the San Francisco Health Code.

October 28, 2008

Pursuant to a court order issued October 23, 2008, San Francisco's enforcement of the menu labeling ordinance is stayed through February 20, 2009.

Legislation introduced at the Board of Supervisors on October 28, 2008 would suspend the City's menu labeling ordinance. It reads as follows:

SEC. 468.9. SUSPENSION OF ORDINANCE
In order to promote enforcement of Section 114094 of the California Health and Safety Code, the Board of Supervisors suspends Sections 468.3 through 468.8. During the period of suspension, Sections 468.3 through 468.8 shall have no force or effect and shall not be enforced. The Department of Public Health shall take any and all appropriate actions to enforce Section 114094 of the California Health and Safety Code.

September 30, 2008

Governor Schwarzneger signed SB 1420 into law. SB 1420 was added to Chapter 600, Section 114094 of the California Health and Safety Code.

Public Health Impacts of Menu Labeling:

Menu Labeling as a Potential Strategy for Combating the Obesity Epidemic (pdf)

Fact sheet: (Scientific Studies Related to Menu Labeling, Yale University Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity )

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