Support Menu Labeling on a National Level

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Urge your members of Congress to cosponsor the MEAL (Menu Education and Labeling) Act, sponsored by Senator Tom Harkin and Representative Rosa DeLauro.  The MEAL Act would provide nutrition information on menus and menu boards of fast-food and other chain restaurants nationwide.
 

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Government mandated menu labeling is not the answer to improving food. See why here:

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