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Brickbat: Impulse Decision

Charles Oliver | 10.5.2020 4:00 AM


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The Berkeley, California, City Council has unanimously voted to bar junk food from the checkout lanes of local supermarkets. The new law bars food items with over 5 grams of added sugar or 250mg of sodium as well as drinks with high levels of sugar or artificial sweeteners from checkout aisles.

Charles Oliver is a contributing editor at Reason.

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