Wednesday, February 22, 2012
New Vending Machine Guidelines
New Vending Machine Guidelines
The Obama administration is currently working to develop new guidelines for what is permissible in vending machines in public schools.Suggestions have been made that the healthy foods in vending machine guidelines may follow the plans already laid out by state regulations such as those governing schools in New York.
In New York, Education Law 915 prohibits
the sale of sweetened soda water, chewing gum, candies of various
sorts, water ices (except for those that contain fruit or fruit juices)
in public schools from the beginning of the school day until the end of
the last scheduled meal period.
Other states also have very specific vending machine regulations, including:
Labels: Policy, The Numbers
by E Pace at 9:12 AM |
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