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• Calorie Counts Coming to City Fast Food Spots

  The New York City Department of Health has made another move to force fast food purveyors to provide honest health information up front. After an earlier set of rules was struck down by a federal judge , the DoH regrouped and yesterday passed new provisions Read More... Posted Wednesday, January 23, 2008 3:22 PM by BuzzEditor | 0 Comments Filed under: Health Watch

• Vermin Video Instigated Increase in Closures

  Since a video of rats scampering around a KFC/Taco Bell the day after a health inspection surfaced last February , rats in restaurants has become a hot topic (and not in the Pixar/Disney sense). Now new numbers show that at least New York's Department Read More... Posted Thursday, September 20, 2007 1:42 PM by BuzzEditor | 0 Comments Filed under: Health Watch

• Calorie Counts Not Required

  New York's restaurant industry won a victory in court yesterday when a federal judge ruled that the city's fast food restaurants may not be forced to list nutritional information on their menu boards. For now. Judge Richard Holwell found in favor of the Read More... Posted Wednesday, September 12, 2007 11:38 AM by BuzzEditor | 0 Comments Filed under: Health Watch

• Don't Just Eat Locally, Eat Sensibly

  How do you conserve food miles? Let us know on the Zagat Discussion boards! “Food miles” (the distance that your food has traveled before consumption) has become a hot topic as the threat of global warming has loomed larger. But is this the right thing Read More... Posted Tuesday, August 07, 2007 4:48 PM by BuzzEditor | 0 Comments Filed under: Health Watch

• Fast Food Slow To Drop Trans Fat?

  A little over a month since New York City's trans fat ban went into effect restaurants have been quickly figuring out how to deal with the new requirements, some better then others. Specifically, it seems that some fast food restaurants are having trouble Read More... Posted Friday, August 03, 2007 3:29 PM by BuzzEditor | 0 Comments Filed under: Health Watch

• 83% of NYC Restaurants Now Using Trans-Fat-Free Frying Oils

  More than 80 percent of city restaurants have switched to trans-fat-free frying oils, according to a recent Health Department survey. As of July 1st, NYC eateries – from fast-food joints to temples of haute cuisine – can no longer use partially hydrogenated Read More... Posted Monday, July 02, 2007 11:56 AM by BuzzEditor | 0 Comments Filed under: Health Watch