FL S2212

Requires food service establishments to display calorie counts on menus and menu boards in clear and conspicuous manner for standard food items offered at least 90 days per year, using reasonable basis for determination.

Calorie information must be displayed prior to point of purchase on menu boards, menus, signs at eye level, or by electronic means accessible to consumers.

Exempts not-for-profit food establishments, food offered at no cost, and food exempted by the State Surgeon General by rule from calorie display requirements.

Enforces requirements through warning notices during routine inspections, with $100 per day administrative fines assessed if deficiencies are not corrected within 90 days.

Applies to food service establishments with 20 or more locations statewide from January 1, 2011, and expands to all food service establishments statewide beginning January 1, 2012; may be superseded by consistent federal nutrition labeling standards.