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LarsonN,StoryMandNelsonMC.Restaurant Realities: Inequalities in Access
to Healthy Restaurant Choices.HealthyEatingResearch,July2008.Available
at:www.healthyeatingresearch.org/images/stories/her_research_briefs/
her%20restaurant%20realities_7-2008.pdf.
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StuartH,BilsardN,andJolliffeD.Let’s Eat Out: Americans Weigh Taste,
Convenience, and Nutrition. USDepartmentofAgricultureEconomic
ResearchService,Oct.2006.Availableat:www.ers.usda.gov/publications/
eib19/eib19.pdf.
3
New York State Restaurant Assoc. v. New York City Board of Health,556F.3d
114,118,(2ndCir.2009).
4
21U.S.C.§343(q)(5)(H)(2010).Thelawalsoappliestovendingmachines
operatedbyapersonorentitythatownsoroperates20ormorevending
machines.21U.S.C.A.§343(q)(5)(H)(viii)(2010).Vendingmachines
willrequire“asignincloseproximitytoeacharticleoffoodortheselection
buttonthatincludesaclearandconspicuousstatementdisclosingthenumber
ofcaloriescontainedinthearticle[offood],”unlessthevendingmachine
allowsaprospectivepurchasertoexaminetheNutritionFactsPanelbefore
purchasingthefooditemorotherwiseprovidesvisiblenutritioninformation
atthepointofpurchase.
5
21U.S.C.§343(q)(5)(H)(i)(2010).
6
21U.S.C.§343(q)(5)(H)(ii)(2010).
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FoodLabeling;NutritionLabelingofStandardMenuItemsinRestaurants
andSimilarRetailFoodEstablishments,76Fed.Reg.66,19192(April6,
2011)(tobecodiedat21C.F.Rpts.11and101).
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FoodLabeling;NutritionLabelingofStandardMenuItemsinRestaurants
ansSimilarRetailFoodEstablishments;Correction.76Fed.Reg.100,30050
(May24,2011)(tobecodiedat21C.F.R.pts.11and101).
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21U.S.C.§343-1(a)(4)(2010).
10
21U.S.C.§343-1(a)(4)(2010).
11
VoluntaryRegistrationbyAuthorizedOfcialsofNon-CoveredRetailFood
EstablishmentsandVendingMachineOperatorsElectingToBeSubjectto
theMenuandVendingMachineLabelingRequirementsEstablishedbythe
PatientProtectionandAffordableCareActof2010,75Fed.Reg.43182-04
(July23,2010).
12
21U.S.C.§§332,333(2011).
13
21U.S.C.§337(2011);21C.F.R.§100.2(2011).
14
21U.S.C.§343(r)(1)(2010).
15
See21C.F.R.pts.100and101(2011).
16
21U.S.C.§343(r)(1)(A)(2010);emphasisadded.
17
21C.F.R.§101.13(c)(2011).
18
GuidanceforIndustry:ALabelingGuideforRestaurantsandOther
RetailEstablishmentsSellingAway-From-HomeGoods.FoodandDrug
Administration,April2008,AppendixB.Availableat:www.fda.gov/
food/guidancecomplianceregulatoryinformation/guidancedocuments/
foodlabelingnutrition/ucm053455.htm.(hereafter“FDAFoodLabeling
Guide”).
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21C.F.R.§101.10(2011).
20
FDAFoodLabelingGuide,questionno.9,supranote18.
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Id.
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21U.S.C.§343(r)(1)(B)(2010);21CFR§101.14(a)(1).
23
FDAFoodLabelingGuide,questionno.40,supranote18.
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FDAFoodLabelingGuide,questionsno.40,41,supranote18.
25
21C.F.R.§101.14(b)(2011).
26
21C.F.R.§101.14(a)(4)(2011).
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21C.F.R.§101.14(c)(2011).
28
FoodandDrugAdministration.Real Progress in Food Code
Adoptions.Sept.30,2010.Availableat:www.fda.gov/Food/
FoodSafety/Product-SpecicInformation/InfantFormula/
ConsumerInformationAboutInfantFormula/ucm108156.htm.
NorthCarolinahasadoptedalawbaseduponthe1976ModelFoodservice
Code.TheDistrictofColumbia,PuertoRico,andtheVirginIslandshave
alsoadoptedversionsoftheFoodCode.Ofthe345federallyrecognized
tribeswithfoodserviceoperations,asofFebruary,2010,only63have
adoptedatribalfoodcode,54ofwhicharebasedontheFDAModelFood
Code.
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FoodandDrugAdministrationModelFoodCode,Preface§3(2009).
30
FoodandDrugAdminstrationModelFoodCode§1-103.10(2009).
31
See, e.g.California’sShermanFood,Drug,andCosmeticLaw,Cal.Health&
SafetyCode§109875et seq.
32
In re Farm Raised Salmon Cases,42Cal.4th1077,1083(2009)[holdingthat
thestatecanenforcelabelingrulesthatareidenticaltotheFDCA].
33
Cal.Health&SafetyCode§111020(West2011).
34
NationalCouncilofStateLegislatures.Enacted Indoor Smoke-free Laws.Nov.
2010.Availableat:www.ncsl.org/default.aspx?tabid=19911.
35
Columbia,SouthCarolina,alongwithmanyothercitiesandstates,ban
smokinginrestaurants.ColumbiaCodeofOrdin.Ch.8,Div.5,§§8-215
8-221(2009).
36
Cal.Health&SafetyCode§114377(West2009);NewYorkCityHealth
Code§81.08(2006).
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§9-3.5R.O.H.(1997).
38
S.F.Envir.Codech.16(2006).
39
SantaClara,Cal.CodeofOrdinances,DivisionA18,ChapterXXII,§§
A18-350-355.
40
Watsonville,Cal.MunicipalCode,Title14,ch.29.
41
21U.S.C.A.§343-1(a)(4)(1997).
42
FDAFoodLabelingGuide,questionno.39,supranote18.
43
FDAFoodLabelingGuide,questionsno.50-57,supranote18.
44
FDAFoodLabelingGuide,questionno.52,supranote18.
45
FDAFoodLabelingGuide,questionno.55,supranote18.
46
FDAFoodLabelingGuide,questionno.66,supranote18.
47
FDAFoodLabelingGuide,questionno.7,supranote18.
48
FDAFoodLabelingGuide,questionno.43,supranote18.
49
18V.S.A.§4086(West2011).
50
KingCo.,Wash.BoardofHealthR&R07-01(2010).
51
TownofConcord,Mass.ZoningBy-laws§4.7.1(2008);Calistoga,Cal.
MunicipalCode§17.22.040(2009).
52
LosAngelesCityCouncilGeneralPlanAmendment,(FileNo.10-1843,
Adopted12/10/2010).
53
Detroit,Mich.,MunicipalCode§61-12-91(2008).
54
ZieglerE,RathkopfAandRathkopfD.1Rathkopf ’s The Law of Zoning and
Planning§1:2(4thed.2009).
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ZieglerE,RathkopfAandRathkopfD.1Rathkopf ’s The Law of Zoning and
Planning§4:1(4thed.2009).