Nutrition Regulation Map

Combined Map | Trans Fat Ban Map | Menu Labeling Initiative Map

Select your state or locality below to view the key highlights of foodservice nutrition regulatory initiatives.

Kentucky

Both the Kentucky House and Senate introduced legislation on January 13, 2010 that would require restaurants to post calories on menus and menu boards. Menu labeling would apply to restaurants with 20 or more locations nationwide. Additional nutrition information would have to be available upon request. If enacted, the bill would go into effect on July 1, 2011. The Senate Agriculture Committee and the House Health and Welfare Committee are reviewing the bills.

The 2009 state Senate introduced a bill that would have required restaurants to display calories on menus and menu boards. The bill would have applied to establishments with 10 or more locations statewide. Additional nutrition information to be accessible to consumers would be: grams of carbohydrates, grams of saturated fat, and milligrams of sodium. The legislature adjourned without addressing menu labeling.

In February 2009, the State Senate introduced and adopted a measure that would urge the 111th U.S. Congress to enact the federal Menu Education and Labeling (MEAL) Act.

In 2008, Kentucky introduced menu labeling in foodservice establishments. The requirement would have applied to establishments with 20 or more locations statewide for all standard food and beverage items on the menu or menu board. The nutrition information to have been included was: calories, grams of saturated and trans fats, grams of carbohydrates, and milligrams of sodium per serving. The bill died at the end of the legislative session.

Louisville, KY

In 2007, a proposal was approved to educate the public about the health effects of trans fat consumption. The Metro Board of Health held two public forums, October 27th and October 29th, 2009. Recommendations from the forums have been examined along with recommendations made by doctors and restaurateurs. The Board of Health recommended a trans fat ban unanimously on February 3, 2010. When Health Department Director, Dr. Adewalle Troutman made his recommendation to the Metro Council, the recommendation was to issue a voluntary trans fat ban with the option of revisiting a ban if the voluntary effort did not work in 12-18 months. The recommendation also included a public education campaign and to work on better labeling methods.