Calories on menus will cost €110m, says restaurant group

The Restaurants Association of Ireland has claimed the mandatory display of calories counts on menus will cost its industry €110m and thousands of jobs.

Today is the deadline for completion of submissions from the public on the Government’s proposed Health and Wellbeing Bill, which will apply to non pre-packaged food served by food businesses for immediate consumption on or off the premises.

When the legislation was announced, Health Minister Leo Varadkar said that he was very concerned at obesity levels, pointing out that nearly two out of every three adults, and one in four children, were overweight or obese.