From the NY Post:Mayor Bloomberg today called on the state to follow the city's lead by banning the sale of sugary sodas in sizes larger than 16 ounces in all stores, not just restaurants.
The city's new law takes effect March 12 in food establishments regulated by the Health Department.
Supermarkets, groceries and shops where prepared foods constitute less than 50 percent of sales are not affected because they're overseen by the state Agriculture Department and the city doesn't have jurisdiction.
Individual pizza parlors would have to obey the new law, even when it comes to deliveries.
"You have exactly the right question, but you're asking it the wrong way," the mayor said.At a press conference today, the mayor was asked why pizza shops shouldn't be in the same category as supermarkets, where customers would still be able to walk out with all the two-liter soda bottles they could carry.
"Keep in mind we're trying to save the lives of these kids, particularly kids...The state should do exactly the same thing in stores."
12 comments:
So not only is Bloomberg pushing people out of NYC but now he wants to push people out of the entire state.
Bloomberg needs to be Sodaboarded.
Soda-Jerk
Bloomberg needs a 1 liter CocaCola douche...maybe a 20 oz 7 UP enema too!
His law would increase the number of plastic bottles going into the waste stream by at least two. What a douche.
Do you mean Bloomberg's law would increase # of bottles in waste by 2 bottles? LoL. First of all I think we could all live with an increase of 2! But I think it would go up by just a bit more than 2 bottles. Or did you mean it would double the number o bottles?
Watch Pepsi move it's HQ out of NY and both Pepsi & Coke move their bottling and distributor businesses to NJ where they will be welcomed with open arms!
Prohibition was a bust...
even when it was bolstered by the Volstead Act.
Der Bloomberg's nanny state sugar prohibition will follow suit.
Emperor Bloomberg will be remembered only for his follies.
Counting the days 'til his rule is finally over...sigh!
M-m-m-m-m !
I can just see some enterprising bootlegger types, delivering 20 oz Pepsis with a pizza order!
Yeah, maybe some coke dealers should become Coke dealers.
Good point!
The real point is let's see Bloomie come down as hard on the coke dealers as he is on the Coke distributors!
His rule will not be over because the next likely candidate for Mayor is his lapdog Quinn so be prepared to get more of your individual liberties trampled upon. When a government seeks to control what you eat I suggest it is "throw the tea in the harbor time". It is disgusting that the people of New York would put up with this. I have actually heard people say they think it is a good idea. We are done as a society.
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