Petition · past parliament
Reverse the decision to have cafés and restaurants calorie label their menus.
Rejected
21 signatures
What the petition asks
Reverse the decision to have cafés and restaurants etc label their menus with the calorie content of their options in and attempt to encourage “healthier” choices by customers.
Calorie labelling is a significantly dangerous practice and contributes highly to disordered eating behaviours, calorie content doesn’t indicate how healthy something is, and should not be used as incentive for people to make “better” choices when they eat out.
This is not a safe practice, and should be reversed with immediate effect as it is liable to do more harm than good.
This is not a safe practice, and should be reversed with immediate effect as it is liable to do more harm than good.
Why it was rejected
There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.
Timeline
| 27 Jul 2020 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 3 Aug 2020 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
21
Status
Rejected
Rejected
3 Aug 2020
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.