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Mexican Senate Weakens “Fat Law”
 Víctor Mayén - The News
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November 04, 2010
The Senate unanimously approved the so-called Anti-obesity Law prohibiting the sale and distribution of food and drinks with high caloric content and low nutritional value in all elementary and middle schools in the country.
Over the course of a debate lasting more than two hours and under pressure from transnational companies, the Senate approved and later disapproved changes proposed by Labor Party Director, Ricardo Monreal Avila, to article 307 of the General Health Law that would have restricted electronic media advertising.
The same thing happened with article 301 of this law, which prohibited the advertising of food and drink with low nutritional content and high fat, salt and sugar content in schools and sports centers.
At first, senators from the Institutional Revolutionary Party(PRI) and National Action Party (PAN) approved modifications to article 307 that prohibited advertising promoting the sale and consumption of “junk food” in electronic media. However, PRI senators later recanted, acknowledging that the measure could have a negative effect on producers and decided, along with PAN senators, to reinstate articles 301 and 307, editing them so as not to impact food industry interests. |
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