Have your say on government e-petitions

Remove mandatory calorie information rules for cafes, restaurants and takeaways

Submitted by Caitlin Colclough on Wednesday 4th October 2023

Published on Thursday 19th October 2023

Current status: Closed

Closed: Friday 19th April 2024

Signatures: 39

Relevant Departments

Petition Action

Remove mandatory calorie information rules for cafes, restaurants and takeaways

Petition Details

The Government should change legislation introduced in April 2022, which requires calorie information to be displayed on menus and food labels in restaurants, takeaways and cafes. This should instead be replaced with optional viewing, to prevent negative impact on people with eating disorders.

Additional Information

This was formally applied to help combat the rising obesity rates. However, we believe the policy has neglected the rising rates of eating disorders. I feel instead the law should be changed to optional menus where people can choose whether or not to have calories displayed. A survey by Beat (a UK eating disorder charity) in August 2022 found that 98% of people affected by eating disorders feel calories on menus will negatively impact them.


You can't sign this petition because it is now closed. But you can still comment on it here at Repetition.me!

Have your say on this petition!

comments powered by Disqus

repetition.me is a Good Stuff website

18.216.32.116 Thu, 02 May 2024 17:40:37 +0100