FDA Menu Labeling Takes Effect and Would You Like Wine with Your Ice Cream?

The Marvelous Monday edition of MRM's Daily Bite features FDA menu labeling, MealPal, Nestlé and Starbucks, Shayna’s Place, Pork & Mindy's, Groupon, Soundprint, Intouch Insight Ltd., Kit Kat Italian Bar and Grill and Baskin-Robbins.

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Menu Labeling Goes Into EffectAs the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) is beginning enforcing its Menu Labeling Rule, the FDA released the following statement from Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, M.D.   "Science tells us that improvements in diet and nutrition offer one of our greatest opportunities to have a profound and generational impact on human health, reducing the burden of chronic disease, from diabetes to cancer to heart disease. We know that many Americans both want and use nutritional information on food package labels to make decisions about what to eat to help improve their health. But consumers can't always access similar information at…