Stakeholders in the food service and restaurant industry must navigate through an array of regulations and considerations that are important for their consumers. Section 4205 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act was signed into law on March 23, 2010, requiring nutrition labeling of "standard" menu items for chain restaurants with 20 or more locations and "similar" retail food establishments.  

In addition to labeling, food safety is equally as important in order to protect consumers. With the largest breadth and depth of analytical services, Eurofins Food & Feed Testing, through our network of laboratories, provides unparalleled testing capabilities and is committed to partnering with food service establishments and restaurants to design testing programs that protect their brands and their consumers.

The basic requirements for menu labeling compliance as mandated by the FDA are:

• The number of calories in each standard menu item on a menu or menu board
  • The calorie disclosure must be “clearly associated with” and “adjacent to” the name of the standard menu item
• A statement on the menu or menu board that puts the calorie information in the context of a recommended total daily caloric intake
• Additional nutrition information for standard menu items in written form (“written nutrition information”), which must be made available to consumers upon request
• A “prominent, clear, and conspicuous” statement on the menu or menu board regarding the availability of the written nutrition information
• The number of calories (per item or per serving) adjacent to self-service food and food on display
  • Includes food sold at salad bars, buffet lines, cafeteria lines or similar self-service facilities, self-service beverages, and food on display that is visible to consumers

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