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Date: September 18, 2019 11:08AM
This is kind of old. Bloomberg hasn't been NYC mayor since 2013. His soda tax was struck down for good by the NY Court of Appeals in 2015.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugary_Drinks_Portion_Cap_RuleHe didn't require restaurants to serve low-salt food, he required "city restaurants with 15 or more locations nationwide to post a salt shaker encased in a black triangle as a warning next to menu items with more than 2,300 milligrams of sodium, the daily limit recommended by the federal government. …the salt rule did not restrict the use of sodium."
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-new-york-salt/new-york-city-can-enforce-rule-on-salt-warnings-in-restaurants-court-idUSKCN0YH2CFThe gubmint already controls our diets to an extent. It's illegal in the US to eat dogs or cats. I suspect very few if any of us have a problem with that.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dog_and_Cat_Meat_Trade_Prohibition_Act_of_2018Foie gras is banned in California. Foodies in Beverly Hills mourned, while animal lovers in Beverly Hills cheered. Most people didn't much care because they can't afford foie gras anyway.
This is just an old random blog. I'm not worried about the gubmint coming to take away my bacon 4x4 from In-N-Out.