Public Health - Chain Restaurants - Sodium and Added Sugars Warning Icons and Disclosure and Notice
What this bill does
Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to adopt certain regulations relating to the sale of food items with a high added sugars content or high sodium content by a chain restaurant by January 1, 2027, and to direct chain restaurants to its website for details on how to comply with the requirements of the Act; and requiring certain chain restaurants to display certain icons next to certain food items with a high added sugars content or high sodium content on each menu or menu board beginning January 1, 2027.
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Testimony (16)
MGA witness list| Position | Witness | Organization | Testimony |
|---|---|---|---|
| FAV | Hale, Lauralobbyist | American Heart Association | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Nara, DeAnna | CSPI | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Goldstein, Mathew | Secular Maryland | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Schneider, Glennlobbyist | The Horizon Foundation | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Delegate Shetty, Delegate Shettylegislator | Individual | Oral |
| FAV | Harris Berry, Gail | Individual | Oral |
| FAV | Rosa, Richard | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Shetty, Emily | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Snyder, Abby | Individual | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Tibbals, Trudy | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| UNF | locklair, caileylobbyist | Maryland Retailers Association | Oral |
| UNF | Thompson, Melvinlobbyist | Restaurant Association of Maryland | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| UNF | Cohen, Gary | Individual | Oral |
| UNF | Gross, Kenneth | Individual | Position only |
| UNF | Lang, Alan | Individual | Position only |
| UNF | Nelson, Mary | Individual | Position only |