The Berkeley City Council passed an ordinance to ban junk food at store registers on September 22. Berkeley will be the 1st city to approve the “Healthy Checkout Ordinance”. The ban will effectively implement on March 1, 2021. Meanwhile, health inspectors will enforce the ban actively starting January 1, 2022.
There will strictly be no displays of candy, chips, fizzy and other snacks at checkout counters. Only food items with 5 grams of added sugar or less and those that are with less than 250 milligrams of sodium will be allowed.
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