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Board passes first reading of ordinance setting nutrition standards for meals sold with toys
Summary
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors on Nov. 2 passed on first reading an ordinance to set nutrition standards for restaurant food sold with toys or other youth-focused incentives, adopting minor amendments and a one-year phase-in; the vote was 8–3.
Supervisor Marr introduced an ordinance amending the San Francisco Health Code to set nutritional standards for restaurant food sold with toys or other youth-focused incentive items and urged colleagues to pass it.
The Board of Supervisors passed the ordinance on first reading as amended by a vote of 8–3. The ordinance, as amended, removes a whole-grain requirement added in committee, clarifies that it does not regulate speech or advertising and states it is an incentive rather than a ban on tying toys to kids’ meals. It also phases in the ordinance over one year, with an effective date listed as 12/01/2011.
The ordinance’s author, Supervisor Marr, framed the…
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