Stop the compulsory introduction of calorie counts on restaurant menus

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

As part of the government's plan to reduce obesity, a new legislation will be introduced to require restaurants with more than 250 employees to display calorie counts on their menus, which will be damaging to the recovery of the 1.25 million people in the UK who struggle with an eating disorder.

Calorie counting is a symptom of many eating disorders, and part of recovery is often to move away from seeing food as nothing but calories. By requiring eateries to display calorie counts, the government is completely undermining this message, and adding an inescapable trigger for those who are trying to recover. It would be far more useful to make calorie counts available on request, but not force them into the lives of those who are desperately trying to live a life without them.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

Stop the plan to include calorie counts on menus

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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