Saturday, October 2, 2010

San Francisco considers banning Happy Meals toys | Seattle Times Newspaper

 

proposed city ordinance would ban McDonald's from putting toys in Happy Meals unless it adds fruit and vegetable portions and limits calories (no more than 600), sodium and fat. The proposal would apply to all restaurants, but the focus has been on McDonald's and its popular Happy Meals.

follows a similar vote in Santa Clara County in April that went after so-called Happy Meal giveaways, is the latest in a string of San Francisco ordinances aimed at regulating public health. The city recently expanded a law banning tobacco sales in pharmacies to include grocery stores and big-box stores that also have pharmacies.

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