Obama Proposes Calorie Posting – Is Alcohol Next?

Dear Client: The Obama administration is proposing rules that would require eateries - including vending machines - with 20 outlets or more to post calorie counts of foods and non-alcoholic drinks on menu boards. Other nutrition facts will be available upon request. Right now alcohol is exempt from the rules, and so are establishments where food sales are not a primary business, reports WSJ in an article over the weekend. The rules are expected to take effect in 2012. The