Menu or menu board means a printed list of the names or images of a food item or items and the prices of such items, that is the primary writing of a covered establishment from which a customer makes an order selection. Menus include breakfast, lunch, anddinner menus; dessert menus; beverage menus; children’s menus; other specialty menus; electronic menus; and menus on the internet , and may be in various forms, including booklets, pamphlets, single sheets of paper, or electronic screens. Determining whether a writing is or is part of the primary writing of a covered establishment depends on a number of factors, including whether the writing lists the name of a standard menu item (or an image depicting the standard menu item) and the price of the standard menu item, and whether the writing can be used by a customer to make an order selection at the time the customer is viewing the writing. Menu boards include menu boards inside the establishment as well as drive-through menu boards outside the establishment.
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Menu or menu board means the primary writing of the covered establishment from which a customer makes an order selection. While “primary” seems to indicate that there is one menu/menu board, FDA does not view it that way. There may be multiple menus and menu boards in a single establishment that must include the information required by the final rule. Notably, however, the FDA’s May 2018 guidance clarified that marketing materials (e.g., coupons, posters in store windows, or signs on gas pumps), which includes certain materials both inside and outside the covered establishment, generally are not menus and do not need to contain calorie information.18
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Menu or menu board means the primary writing of the covered establishment from which a customer makes an order selection. While “primary” seems to indicate that there is one menu/menu board, FDA does not view it that way. There may be multiple menus and menu boards in a single establishment that must include the information required by the final rule.