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Amending Title 6 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Health Code," by adding a new section requiring that chain restaurants and retail food establishments make available certain nutrition information for food and beverage items offered for sale, all under certain terms and conditions.
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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 fifteen (15) 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).
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(19.2) Food Tag. A written or printed description of food or beverages placed in the vicinity of a sample item, such as a label or placard identifying a type of ice cream or donut.
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(32.1) Menu. A written or printed description of food or beverage items offered for sale, whether in the form of a pamphlet, folio, tablet, sign, board, tag or other form.
(32.2) Menu Board. A list of food or beverages that is posted and intended for joint viewing by multiple customers such as back-lit marquee signs in the area of the point of sale, chalk boards and drive-through menu signs.
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§6-308. Menu Labeling Requirements For Chain Establishments.
(1) Chain restaurants shall provide nutrition information for all food or beverage items listed for sale on menus as follows:
(a) The total number of calories (rounded to the nearest ten calories), grams of saturated fat, grams of trans fat, grams of carbohydrates and milligrams of sodium, per menu item as usuall...
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