{"id":5835,"date":"2019-02-27T07:37:55","date_gmt":"2019-02-27T12:37:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=5835"},"modified":"2019-02-27T09:39:07","modified_gmt":"2019-02-27T14:39:07","slug":"new-legislation-could-force-irish-restaurants-to-display-calorie-information-on-menus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=5835","title":{"rendered":"New Legislation Could Force Irish Restaurants to Display Calorie Information on Menus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/RestaurantMenuGeneric270219_large.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5836\" srcset=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/RestaurantMenuGeneric270219_large.jpg 600w, https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/RestaurantMenuGeneric270219_large-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>Restaurants will be forced to display calories on menus under new proposals.<\/p>\n<p>The legislation would make it compulsory for restaurants to display the calorie count beside the price &#8211; or use a traffic light system where red would be high calorie and green low calorie.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Irish Daily Mail, Health Minister Simon Harris said that he plans to publish the legislation by the end of 2019 as part of the government&#8217;s obesity action plan.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-5835\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=5835&amp;share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-5835\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=5835&amp;share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-google-plus-1\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-google-5835\" class=\"share-google-plus-1 sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=5835&amp;share=google-plus-1\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Google+\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Google+ (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-print\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-print sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=5835\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to print\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to print (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Restaurants will be forced to display calories on menus under new proposals. 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