Media Coverage
Source: Nation’s Restaurant News
Media Coverage
Press Contacts: Erik Cummins, Matt Hyams, Olivia Thomas
12.19.10
The California Conference of Directors of Environmental Health (CCDEH), on organization that represents restaurant inspectors, has proposed guidelines recommending penalty-free enforcement of the state’s new menu-labeling law.
Anna Graves, co-head of Pillsbury’s Restaurant, Food & Beverage industry group, said she is recommending that her chain restaurant clients check with each jurisdiction where they operate to see where health inspectors stand on the issue. She indicated that restaurants may want to weigh the cost of reprinting menus against the possibility of penalties.
“It’s a risk-versus-cost analysis you have to do,” she said.
But, “even with reassurance that penalties will not be applied, chains in California face the risk of class-action lawsuits for non-compliance,” Graves added.