Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.(JUST IN)(low calorie contents on-menu disclosure)(Brief article)

NEW YORK -- This city's DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE characterized as a temporary set-back Tuesday's federal court invalidation of the agency's controversial rule requiring on-menu disclosure of calorie counts by many chains. The court ruling would keep calorie information off local menus for just "a few months," the agency predicted, noting that the law was dismissed on a "technicality." The department is expected to reinstate the rule by requiring all or most chain restaurants to provide …