Submitted on Thursday 7th April 2022
Rejected on Monday 11th April 2022
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Scrap law requiring large businesses to display calories on menus
A law was recently passed that required businesses (such as restaurants, cafes and takeaways) with more than 250 employees to display calorie information on their menus. This petition calls this unnecessary and harmful law to be scrapped immediately so that it is not a legal obligation.
Calorie information can be extremely triggering for those with eating disorders and be detrimental to their recovery. There is little to no evidence that calorie displays help individuals to live a healthier lifestyle. All this law will do is create more mental turmoil for those suffering from eating disorders when they eat out and it is abhorrent that clearly no consideration for this has been taken.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
There's already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.
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You may wish to sign this petition which calls for the same action: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/602343
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