According to the Associated Press, Subway is moving ahead and posting calorie counts on U.S. menu boards despite another delay in a federal rule requiring the information. The sandwich chain says its new menu boards with calorie counts are already rolling out around the country and should be up in all 27,000 of its U.S. stores by April 11. The decision to forge ahead comes as restaurant chains have awaited the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) final guidance and enforcement of a rule requiring food sellers with 20 or more locations to post the information.
The FDA came out with its final rules in 2014 and gave establishments until the end of 2015 to comply. However, in the summer of 2015 the agency pushed back the deadline to the end of 2016. Then in March, it delayed enforcement again to a year after it publishes its final guidance for companies. That guidance has been delayed as companies have lobbied for exemption.
