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Restaurants say plans to display the calorie content of food on menus in England should be delayed while the sector recovers from the pandemic.
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There are fears that the move will add extra costs to businesses at a time when they are least able to afford it.
The new rules will affect restaurants, cafes and takeaways employing more than 250 people and are due to come in from April 2022.
The change is part of a drive by the UK government to tackle obesity.
With 11 restaurants, Mowgli Street Food s founder Nisha Katona says making the changes by next spring will mean a significant investment.
UK restaurant menus to display calorie content to tackle obesity
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New rules to be enacted in the British parliament today and come into effect from April 2022
Packaged food items have long been required to display calorie information, but the Boris Johnson government in the United Kingdom is enacting new rules from Thursday (May 13) to make it mandatory for restaurants, takeaways, and cafes to reveal calorie content, as part of efforts to tackle obesity.
Regulations are to be laid in parliament that will require large companies with 250 or more employees in England, including cafes, restaurants, and takeaways, to display the calorie information of non-prepacked food and soft drink items that are prepared for customers.
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Alcoholic drinks bought in pubs and shops may be slapped with calorie counts and a health warning like cigarettes.
The Government could force pub chains and supermarkets to reveal the amount of calories in beer, wine and spirit served in their bars and sold on their shelves.
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