On Wednesday, U.S. Senators Tom Harkin (D-IA), Tom Carper (D-DE) and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) announced a compromise menu-labeling bill that combines key elements from two competing bills: the Labeling Education and Nutrition (LEAN) Act and the Menu Education and Labeling (MEAL) Act.
Upon enactment, this legislation would preempt past and future state and local laws—including those recently approved in King County (WA), Oregon, and California [...]