State Nutrition Law Overrides San Mateo County Ordinance
San Mateo County chain restaurants will not have to display calorie information on menus for two more years because a state law supersedes stricter local ordinances. The county ordinance would have required more comprehensive nutrition information, affected smaller chains and taken effect sooner.
- "San Mateo County Nutrition Ordinance Dropped in Reaction to State Bill" (Bishop, San Mateo Daily News, 10/9).