{"id":4821,"date":"2025-10-14T22:59:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T22:59:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/4821\/"},"modified":"2025-10-14T22:59:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T22:59:11","slug":"new-california-law-requires-restaurants-to-disclose-food-allergens-on-their-menus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/4821\/","title":{"rendered":"New California law requires restaurants to disclose food allergens on their menus"},"content":{"rendered":"

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) \u2014 California will become the first state in the nation requiring restaurants to list major food allergens on their menus starting in 2026 under a new law<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The law Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Monday applies to businesses with at least 20 locations. They will have to disclose ingredients including milk, eggs, shellfish and tree nuts when they know or \u201creasonably should know\u201d that they are in their products.<\/p>\n

California state Sen. Caroline Menjivar, a Democrat, said the bill was inspired in part by her own experiences living with severe allergies to many nuts and fruits.<\/p>\n

\u201cSoon, the millions of Californians with food allergies, many of whom are young children, will be able to fully enjoy dining out without fear or apprehension at these qualifying restaurants,\u201d she said when the bill passed in the Legislature. \u201cIn turn, these businesses will be able to offer allergen families a unique additional assurance that will drive customers to their establishments.\u201d<\/p>\n

But the California Restaurant Association has said previously the law will be costly and burdensome for businesses. The group said it is pleased the bill no longer applies to small restaurants, but is concerned the legislation could lead to \u201cpredatory lawsuits\u201d against businesses.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe continue to assess the impacts to those members of ours still subject to the proposed law and are working with them to determine if a change in position is warranted,\u201d CEO Jot Condie said in a statement.<\/p>\n

The nonprofit Food Allergy Research and Education said the bill is not perfect but is a \u201cmeaningful step\u201d to protect people with food allergies.<\/p>\n

Addie Lao, a child with severe allergies who advocated for the bill, said previously that it would make it easier for her to eat out with friends and family.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have to avoid the foods I\u2019m allergic to since it\u2019s like poison to my body and can harm me,\u201d she said at a legislative hearing in April.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) \u2014 California will become the first state in the nation requiring restaurants to list major…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4822,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[5475,5059,387,7,9,8,3506,2793,421,5474,457,18,1570,5058,13,17],"class_list":["post-4821","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-california","tag-addie-lao","tag-allergies","tag-business","tag-california","tag-california-headlines","tag-california-news","tag-caroline-menjivar","tag-domestic-news","tag-food-and-drink","tag-food-recipes","tag-gavin-newsom","tag-general-news","tag-health","tag-hospitality-and-leisure-industry","tag-politics","tag-u-s-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4821","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4821"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4821\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4822"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4821"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4821"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4821"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}