San Francisco overrides mayoral veto, bans Happy Meals with toys

[The Straight Story]

San Francisco overrides mayoral veto, bans Happy Meals with toys

(CNN) -- The San Francisco, California, Board of Supervisors banned most McDonald's Happy Meals with toys Tuesday. Despite objections and ridicule from opponents, the vote overrode the mayor's veto and officially approved the ban.

The new ordinance, which requires Happy Meals and other fast food with toys to meet new nutritional standards or else be removed from menus, goes into effect December 1, 2011.

The law is the first of its kind for a major American city, and San Francisco officials said they hope other cities would follow. The ordinance seeks to battle a child obesity epidemic by forcing fast-food chains to make any meal with a toy more nutritious for kids.

McDonald's and the restaurant industry contended the government regulation was unwanted by parents. Supporters of the measure, however, said the use of free toys, often tied to characters or themes in new movies, pandered to kids, to get them to buy meals high in fat and calories.

http://edition.cnn.com/2010/US/11/23/california.happy.meals.ban/

[CBGLuthier]

1. Stupid. Just Plain Stupid.

[hobbit709]

2. the nanny state is alive and well.

[HopeHoops]

3. With or without a toy, feeding that shit to kids is nothing short of child abuse.

:puke:

[The Straight Story]

5. Living in a highly polluted area life SF/LA/Bakershell is child abuse

;)

[DaveinJapan]

8. Oh, please. Engage in hyperbole much? nt

[MadHound]

4. Wow, what stupidity.

What gets me is that the SF Board of Supervisors thinks that even adults are now children, children who can't say NO to their own kids.

[TheCowsCameHome]

6. This really helps the cause.

:crazy: :sarcasm:

[Jkid]

7. Some thoughts.

First, where are the fruits going to come from?

Second....

"Despite its good intentions, I cannot support this unwise and unprecedented governmental intrusion into parental responsibilities and private choices."

There are some parents who can't exercise responsiblity or do not know how because they are uneducated about healthy eating. We tried PSA on television, but the broadcast networks dump them late into the night or on weekend mornings so there will be little visablity.

[DaveinJapan]

9. Who is "we"? nt