Nutrition Regulation Map

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Select your state or locality below to view the key highlights of foodservice nutrition regulatory initiatives.

Oklahoma

The House has introduced the Healthy Choices Act that would require menu labeling. For each menu item the following nutrition information would need to be available: total calories, total number of grams of carbohydrates, saturated fat, and total milligrams of sodium. On January 1, 2013, every food facility that provides consumers with a menu shall disclose calories and provide additional nutrition information upon request. Every brochure and menu shall contain the following statement: �Recommended limits for a 2,000 calorie daily diet are 20 grams of saturated fat and 2,300 milligrams of sodium.� Local enforcement agencies would be the only enforcement mechanism. The bill has been referred to the Rules Committee.

A Task Force on Dining Information and Nutrition Education was introduced in the 2009-2010 legislative session. The task force will:

1.) examine the feasibility of providing nutrition information to consumers in restaurants;

2.) hear testimony from interested parties;

3.) evaluate alternatives to disclosing nutrition information; and

4.) recommend any legislative action .

The task force would have 15 members and they would meet at least 4 times. A report of their findings would be submitted to the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the Governor. The bill would also require calories to be disclosed on menus and menu boards for establishments with 10 or more locations statewide. Additional nutrition information would need to be available upon request. The bill passed the Senate and was being reviewed by the House Rules Committee at the end of 2009.

The Oklahoma Nutrition Information Act of 2006 called for restaurants with five or more locations nationwide to provide nutrition information for standard menu items to customers upon request. This information was to be available in a printed form that would allow the consumer to keep the nutrition information. This proposal died at the end of the legislative session.