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Richmond council asks staff to draft healthy-checkout ordinance after youth presentation
Summary
Council directed staff and the city attorney to return with ordinance options within 30 days after youth advocates, public-health groups and researchers urged restricting unhealthy items at retail checkouts.
Richmond City Council on March 4 directed city staff and the city attorney to prepare ordinance language that would require large retailers to stock healthier items at checkout areas, following a presentation by Healthy Options at Point of Sale (HOPS) youth advocates and supporting testimony from public-health researchers and community groups.
HOPS youth advocates asked council to require checkout items to meet nutrition thresholds — for example, snacks with 5 grams or less of added sugar or beverages with no added sugars — and to limit retailers over 2,000 square feet from…
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