Judge Rules NYC Can Require Sodium Warnings On Restaurant Menus

Source: http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2016/02/24/467964321/judge-rules-nyc-can-require-sodium-warnings-on-restaurant-menus?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=thesalt

A New York judge has ruled that items like Panera's Bacon Turkey Bravo Sandwich on Tomato Basil bread, which contains 2,850 milligrams of sodium, require a warning label.

A New York judge has ruled that items like Panera’s Bacon Turkey Bravo Sandwich on Tomato Basil bread, which contains 2,850 milligrams of sodium, require a warning label.

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The New York State Supreme Court has ruled that chain restaurants in New York City can be fined after Mar. 1 for failing to post sodium warnings on certain items on their menus.

The ruling is a win for the city’s Board of Health, which unanimously passed a rule last September that requires chains with 15 or more locations nationwide to print a salt-shaker warning icon next to menu items containing 2,300 or more milligrams of sodium.

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