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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]And it passed.

https://bethesdamagazine.com/bethesda-beat/government/county-council-approves-bill-requiring-healthy-meal-options-for-children/

In the 8-1 vote in favor of the bill, County Council Member Andrew Friedson was the only one opposed. He unsuccessfully tried to amend the bill to exempt smaller restaurants.[/quote]
This is insane. How does a ramen shop comply? Or a pupuseria? And why should they have to?[/quote]

They don’t. This legislation is so stupid. Kudos to Andrew Friedson for his sanity. The solution is for restaurants to no longer offer any children’s menu to avoid having some unappealing meal on hand that no one orders. Congratulations County Council. You’ve just eliminated reasonably priced kids meals for families who rely on them to feed their children. Good grief. [/quote]

If a family is “relying (on restaurant kid meals) to feed their children,” they’re doing it wrong. Go to the grocery store.[/quote]

What is the point of even having restaurants if you can't even count on them for a healthy, nutritious meal?  FAIL[/quote]

The point is to enjoy a meal that you like. I happen to like vegetables and wish restaurants would serve more of them, but unfortunately people don't eat them so it ends up going to waste. Restaurants are not the problem - we need better public education around nutrition. I had never heard of the plate rule (half your plate should be non starchy vegetables) until last year. The government should be engaging in a massive campaign to inform the public about that instead of forcing restaurants to buy and offer food that they can't force people to eat. But that's the MoCo Council's MO - put a bunch of burdensome requirements on small businesses so they don't actually have to make hard decisions about how to spend tax dollars.[/quote]

There are plenty of people who want restaurants to have a healthy offering.  You have not made a legitimate case to show that it would just go to waste.[/quote]

Then it sounds like there is a market for more health oriented restaurants. Why don't you go start one and see how it goes? Let us know how helpful MoCo's rules are in doing so.[/quote]

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