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The National Restaurant Association wants operators to go to Washington next month and “Tell Congress That America Works Here.” That’s the theme for the NRA’s…

Sixteen years after neighboring Los Angeles County began posting letter grades to indicate the outcome of restaurants’ health inspections, Orange County is considering whether it…

Maryland has gotten a little more focused on keeping restaurant customers with food allergies safe. A bill now pending approval in the state senate mandates…

Louisiana, considered in many studies as the most obese state in the nation, is considering legislation that takes menu-labeling requirements a step further than those…

Milwaukee is weighing whether to become Wisconsin’s first city to institute a restaurant grading system. If the proposed ordinance—which directs the city’s health department to…

They’re taking it to the streets in Toronto. The city, which has long confined its street food to hot dog and sausage carts, is on…

It’s the final review process, finally, for the menu labeling requirement already pro forma in many foodservice chains. After several postponements and delays, the federal…

In the age of Instagram and YouTube and instant video upload, it’s no surprise that a bill has been introduced in New York’s City Council…

Seven years after it shelved a plastic-bag ban in favor of a roundly ignored recycling compromise, Chicago plans to ban plastic bags within its city…

The National Restaurant Association and the Restaurant Facility Management Association are collaborating on an Energy Star performance score for restaurants. The effort is being conducted…