Stop restaurants from being allowed to publish calorie information on their menu

Rejected 18 signatures

What the petition asks

Parliament are planning on allowing restaurants to publish the calorie intake of a meal right beside the item on a menu. This information, majority of the time, is available with the allergen information, and should not need publishing as it can affect those who have a bad relationship with food.

Many people who struggle with eating disorders or have a bad relationship with food make a habit of calorie counting as a way of reducing their food intake. Going out for a meal, and finding that the calorie intake is on the menu in front of you has the likelihood to damage a lot of people mentally through knowing what they’re eating in a place where they may be trying to avoid it. Calorie information should be available on hand for those that genuinely need it for nutritional value.

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 18

Status Rejected

Rejected 3 Aug 2020

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