WASHINGTON, D.C. – After three years, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has forwarded final rules relating to menu labeling to the White House Office of Management and Budget, Politico reports.

The regulations, which were required by the Affordable Care Act, mandate that chain restaurants with more than 20 locations and vending machines display calorie counts on menu items. Now that the White House has the final version, the 90-day review process before implementation begins.

The agency has yet to clarify what changes, if any, have been made to the final rules. However, FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg informed Congress at a House appropriations agriculture subcommittee panel last week that she tried to balance a consumer’s need for information with a restaurant’s need to do business.

“We’ve been working on the menu labeling rule for a long time and have gotten lots of feedback and input from all the various stakeholders,” she said. “We have been trying very hard to find a system that is meaningful for public health but truly implementable and economically viable.”

NACS and its members have pushed hard for Congress to pass the Common Sense Nutrition Disclosure Act (H.R. 1249 and S. 1756), which was introduced in the House by Representatives Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Loretta Sanchez (D-CA) and in the Senate by Senators Roy Blunt (R-MO) and Angus King (I-ME). The act would define a regulated facility as one in which more than 50% of its revenues were derived from restaurant type food.