All of the authors are with the Division of Chronic Disease Research Across the Lifecourse, Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
Am J Public Health. 2018 Aug;108(8):1099-1102. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2018.304513. Epub 2018 Jun 21.
To examine early compliance with the delayed federal calorie labeling regulation that requires posting calories on menus and menu boards at retail food chains with 20 or more establishments nationally.
We explored implementation of calorie labeling at 90 of the largest US chain restaurants and the 10 highest-grossing supermarket chains from May to December 2017. We contacted corporate offices and at least 2 locations for each chain, made site visits when possible, and supplemented these efforts with targeted Internet searches.
Overall, 71 (79%) restaurant chains partially or fully implemented labeling, as did 9 (90%) supermarket chains. Fast-food and fast-casual restaurants fully implemented labeling at a modestly higher rate than did full-service restaurants.
Most of the retail food chains we assessed implemented calorie labeling policies in advance of the May 2018 compliance date. Public Health Implications. Although implementation of federal calorie labeling has been delayed repeatedly in the 8 years since the passage of the legislation, retail food chains have demonstrated a high rate of compliance with calorie labeling in advance of the required May 2018 implementation date. Despite reports from some retail food industries that compliance will be difficult, current implementation shows the feasibility of complying.
研究延迟执行的联邦热量标签规定的早期遵守情况，该规定要求在全国拥有 20 家或以上门店的零售食品连锁店在菜单和菜单板上标注热量。
我们在 2017 年 5 月至 12 月期间，对美国最大的 90 家连锁餐厅和 10 家销售额最高的连锁超市进行了探索，以了解热量标签的执行情况。我们联系了每家连锁店的公司办公室和至少 2 个地点，尽可能进行实地考察，并通过有针对性的互联网搜索来补充这些努力。
总体而言，71 家（79%）餐厅连锁店部分或完全实施了标签规定，9 家（90%）超市连锁店也是如此。快餐店和快餐休闲餐厅的标签实施率略高于全服务餐厅。
我们评估的大多数零售食品连锁店都在 2018 年 5 月的合规日期之前实施了卡路里标签政策。公共卫生意义。尽管自该立法通过以来，联邦卡路里标签的实施已被多次推迟，但零售食品连锁店在 2018 年 5 月要求的实施日期之前已经表现出了很高的卡路里标签遵守率。尽管一些零售食品行业报告称合规将很困难，但目前的实施情况表明合规是可行的。
