Dear __________________,

§ 101.11(b)(2)(ii) to include added sugars among the nutrients for which information is required to be available in written form on the premises of covered establishments and provided to the customer on request. [...] In the petition, we identified the need to harmonize the nutrition information required by law for chain restaurants with the information required by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the Nutrition Facts label 2 to enable consumers to make informed choices and maintain healthy dietary practices when ordering from restaurants.3 That need has only increased since we filed our petition, as tw. [...] The FDA has established a way for consumers to distinguish between added and naturally occurring sugars, in the form of the Nutrition Facts Label. [...] Following receipt of the petition, the FDA received comments supporting the petition from 4,700 members of the public.19 On July 18, 2022, the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) and the Mayor's Office of Food Policy also submitted a comment supporting the petition,20 and on May 11, 2022, the following organizations signed on to a group comment in support of our petition:. [...] The agency acknowledged receipt of the petition on February 1, 2022,22 and on July 18, 2022, provided an interim response advising that it had not reached a decision on the petition because of other agency priorities and limited resources.23 To date, the agency has not responded substantively to our petition, and has not indicated it will undertake rulemaking in the most recent Spring 2023 Unified.