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Council Member Sandy Nurse introduces bill to expand nutrition labeling requirements
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Council Member Sandy Nurse introduces Intro 1177, a bill aimed at expanding sodium warning requirements to all restaurants and adding sugar warnings. She highlights the importance of this legislation in addressing health disparities in food deserts across New York City.
- The bill would codify existing sodium warning requirements for chain restaurants
- It would expand these requirements to all restaurants, regardless of size
- The legislation also mandates notification for added sugars
- Nurse emphasizes the link between food deserts, low-income neighborhoods, and chronic illnesses
Sandy Nurse
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Today, I'm also intro today, I'm introducing intro 1 1177 aiming to codify existing requirements for chain restaurants to post sodium warnings and expand those requirements, to all restaurants regardless of size in addition to mandating, notification for added sugars.
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Across New York City, we have communities that suffer from inadequate access to healthy food options.
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Those food deserts disproportionately impact low income neighborhoods contributing to high rates of chronic illness such as hypertension, diabetes, and heart disease.
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I would like to encourage all of my colleagues to sign on.
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Thank you.