The National Restaurant Association said it has sued New York City’s Board of Health over its decision to require chain restaurants to post sodium levels next to menu items or combination meals exceeding 2,300 milligrams of sodium. Meatingplace reports the lawsuit filed Thursday in New York Supreme Court claims the board lacks the authority to enact such a law. The mandate took effect December 1st, and fines for noncompliance are expected to begin March 1st, 2016. It applies to chain restaurants with at least 15 stores. The group previously succeeded when it sued the health board in June 2014 in the New York Court of Appeals, which struck down the board’s efforts to ban the sale of sugar-sweetened drinks larger than 16 ounces in restaurants.
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