Posted on 04/27/2010 3:39:38 PM PDT by freespirited
By a 3-2 vote, Santa Clara County supervisors today approved the nation's first childhood obesity ordinance targeting toy giveaways with fast-food meals.
The ordinance would prohibit restaurants from giving away toys with kids' meals that are high in fat, sugar and calories.
The ban's reach will be very limited. It will only affect restaurants in the unincorporated areas of Santa Clara County such as San Martin.
Supervisors Ken Yeager, Liz Kniss and Dave Cortese voted for the ordinance. Supervisors Don Gage and George Shirakawa opposed it.
The ordinance will return to the board May 11 for a final vote. It will take effect 90 days after that, but during that time restaurants will have the chance to offer alternatives to the ordinance. If the board does not accept any of the alternatives, the law will begin at the end of the 90 days.
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the procedure will be to give the toy to the mom
OH COME ON!!! THAT COULD NEVER HAPPEN IN AMERICA!!
>This law has zero effect on anyone or anything.
Tragic, isn’t it that instead of changing road names or whatnot, these guys are doing this?
But, as you say, a stepping stone.
Hope all the Nannyists love this.
The logical extension of increasing laws and diktats for decades.
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