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Senate committee reports bill to require chain restaurants to label high added-sugar menu items
Summary
A Senate commerce committee voted to send a bill to the floor that would require chain restaurants to mark menu items exceeding a statutory added‑sugar threshold and to report menu updates to the Department of Health.
Senator Sean Ryan, presiding at a meeting of the Senate Standing Committee on Commerce, Economic Development and Small Business, led the committee in reporting a bill (bill 427) that would amend the Public Health Law to require chain restaurants to label menu items that have a high content of added sugars.
The measure targets “chain restaurants,” as discussed in committee, and would require chains to display a symbol or other disclosure for items that exceed an added‑sugar limit spelled out in the bill and to report menu changes to the Department of Health (DOH) on a recurring basis.
Supporters framed the bill as an incremental public‑health step. “I would say it’s incremental. Right? So we’re we’re trying it with the the larger…
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