'Food Police'

http://www.futureofcapitalism.com/2010/08/food-police

Read it here first: We've been covering the campaign against Happy Meal-type toys for children at fast food restaurants (see an item here from May and another here from July).

Now USA Today weighs in with a report: "A serious move is afoot to force fast-food giants to make kids meals more nutritionally viable if they want to sell them with kid-luring toys. In San Francisco, newly proposed legislation would ban toys from most kids meals sold at McDonald's, Burger King and other chains unless the meals meet more stringent calorie and sodium limits. The legislation also would require fruit or veggies in each meal."

This is a great example of the way that some people don't trust parents to decide what their children should eat or where they should eat, and instead want the government to get involved in such decisions.

by Ira Stoll  |  Aug 13, 2010 at 9:11 am Related Topics:  McDonald's receive the latest by email: subscribe to the free futureofcapitalism.com mailing list