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by Marion Nestle
Jul
8
2008
San Francisco gets sued over calorie labeling
If you missed the fight between restaurant trade associations and the New York City Health Department over calorie labeling, you get another chance: San Francisco. San Francisco’s city attorney wants fast food places not only to post calories, but also saturated fat, sodium, and carbohydrates (check out the link for all the documents in this case). Is this a good idea? Aren’t calories enough?