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Oct 26, 2009 9:59 am US/Eastern

Montgomery Co. Considers Nutrition Info On Menus

ROCKVILLE, Md. (AP) ― The Montgomery County Council plans to resume debate over whether chain restaurants should have to include nutritional information on their menus.

A councilman introduced a bill in 2007 requiring restaurants with 10 or more facilities nationally to post information on their menus and menu boards in their Montgomery County locations. A committee held work sessions on the bill, but the full council never voted on the proposed legislation.

The bill is scheduled to be heard Thursday.

New York City has already passed nutrition labeling requirements, and similar legislation has been introduced at the federal level.

According to a 2007 count the county has 146 restaurant chains with 732 individual facilities that would be affected by the bill.

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