City of Philadelphia - File #: 070153

• File #: 070153
• Version: 1
• Type: Bill
• Status: LAPSED
• File created: 3/1/2007
• In control: Committee on Public Health and Human Services
• Title: Amending Title 6 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Health Code," by adding a new section requiring that chain restaurants obtain and display certain nutrition information for food, meal and beverage items offered for sale, and by making certain technical changes, all under certain terms and conditions.
• Sponsors: Councilmember Reynolds Brown, Councilmember Reynolds Brown, Councilmember Ramos, Councilmember Ramos
• Indexes: NUTRITION INFORMATION

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
10/18/2007	0	CITY COUNCIL	ORDERED PLACED ON THIS DAY`S FIRST READING CALENDAR
10/18/2007	1	CITY COUNCIL	SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL	Pass
10/18/2007	1	CITY COUNCIL	SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL	Pass
10/18/2007	0	CITY COUNCIL	ORDERED PLACED ON NEXT WEEK`S SECOND READING CALENDAR
10/10/2007	0	Committee on Public Health and Human Services	HEARING NOTICES SENT
10/10/2007	0	Committee on Public Health and Human Services	HEARING HELD
10/10/2007	0	Committee on Public Health and Human Services	AMENDED
10/10/2007	1	Committee on Public Health and Human Services	REPORTED FAVORABLY, RULE SUSPENSION REQUESTED
10/10/2007	1	Committee on Public Health and Human Services	REPORTED FAVORABLY, RULE SUSPENSION REQUESTED
10/9/2007	0	Committee on Public Health and Human Services	HEARING NOTICES SENT
10/9/2007	0	Committee on Public Health and Human Services	HEARING HELD
10/9/2007	0	Committee on Public Health and Human Services	RECESSED
3/1/2007	0	CITY COUNCIL	Referred
3/1/2007	0	CITY COUNCIL	Introduced	Pass

Title
Amending Title 6 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Health Code," by adding a new section requiring that chain restaurants obtain and display certain nutrition information for food, meal and beverage items offered for sale, and by making certain technical changes, all under certain terms and conditions.
Body
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION 1. Title 6 of The Philadelphia Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
TITLE 6. HEALTH CODE.
CHAPTER 6-100. GENERAL PROVISIONS.
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§6-102. Definitions.
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(6.1) Chain Restaurant. A restaurant or retail food establishment, including but not limited to a convenience store, deli, bakery, cookie counter, ice cream shop or coffee shop, that does business under the same trade name as used by ten (10) or more other establishments (whether such other establishments are located in the City or elsewhere and regardless of the type of ownership of each individual establishment).

(32.1) Menu. A written or printed description, whether in the form of a pamphlet, folio, tablet, sign, board or other form, of food or beverage items offered for sale.
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§6-308. Menu Labeling Requirements. Chain restaurants shall provide nutrition information for all food, meal and beverage items offered for sale on menus as follows:

(1) The total number of calories, grams of saturated fat (including trans fat), grams of carbohydrates and milligrams of sodium, per an identified serving size shall be listed for all items listed on any menu;

(2) Such information shall be listed adjacent to each item on the menu or menu board in a size and typeface similar to price and other information provided about each menu item;

(3) When menu boards or signs are used, nutrition information for every item listed on the board or sign shall also be provided, in writing, to customers upon request, and every menu board or sign shall state in cl...