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  • Appeals court strikes down NYC ban on large sodas [NYC]

    07/30/2013 12:18:49 PM PDT · by LurkedLongEnough · 12 replies
    CBS ^ | July 30, 2013 | AP/CBS
    An appeals court ruled Tuesday that the city's Board of Health exceeded its legal authority and acted unconstitutionally when it tried to put a size limit on soft drinks served in city restaurants. In a unanimous opinion, the four-judge panel of the state Supreme Court Appellate Division said that the health board was acting too much like a legislature when it created the limit, which would have stopped sales of non-diet soda and other sugar-laden beverages in containers bigger than 16 ounces (473 milliliters). Bloomberg "confident" soda ban will be upheld
  • Mississippi comes to defense of large sodas with ‘anti-Bloomberg’ bill

    03/12/2013 10:13:21 AM PDT · by Olog-hai · 19 replies
    Washington Post ^ | March 12, 2013 at 11:44 am | Sarah Kliff
    A New York judge isn’t the only one taking aim at New York City’s ban on large, sugary drinks. In a move to prevent such regulations from taking hold elsewhere, Mississippi legislators have passed an “anti-Bloomberg bill” that bars counties from passing and enacting laws that require calorie counts to be posted or caps the size of beverages or foods. You can read it here. The legislation is now on Gov. Phil Bryant’s desk and NPR reports that he is expected to sign it. Mississippi, it’s worth noting here, already has the highest obesity rate in the country. …