Petition · past parliament

Stop government rules to put calories on menus & traffic light code food & drink

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

Abolish the new government rules to label the calories of food & drinks in menus and using a traffic light code system to portray different types of nutrition as ‘good’ or ‘bad’.
Although meant with good intentions, I do believe that expecting people who are already at a higher bmi than would be healthy, to drastically change there ways because a number is printed on a menu is extremely reductionist, and only focuses on obesity. Where as for example people with restrictive type eating disorders will be majorly effected by such requirements and will both hinder recovery & make others vulnerable to such illnesses. There for a holistic approach would be more appropriate.

Why it was rejected

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

Timeline

29 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.