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Was approved on Wednesday (4) in the second discussion by the plenary of the Legislative Assembly (Pr) the bill of the state Mr Luiz Eduardo Cheida (PMDB), which requires establishments to disclose nutritional information of food to be served on them. The matter will now for the sanction of the Governor Roberto Requiao (PMDB).
The project reaches bars, cafeterias, restaurants, school canteens, kiosks and even mobile sites, which will inform that amount of calories, carbohydrates, and the presence of gluten, lactose, triglycerides, cholesterol, fiber, vitamins and minerals such as sodium, calcium, iron and potassium.
To the author of the project, it aims to combat obesity with information necessary for the health of consumers. According to advice from Mr Cheida, establishments that have no menu, as kiosks and juices from hot dog carts, which will publish the information on where publishing products, such as banners that show the prices. For the proposition, this information must be visible and legible to consumers. Non-compliance will lead to a fine.
Across the desk, the president of the Brazilian Association of Bars and Nightclubs (Abrabar), Fábio Aguayo, criticized the bill, considering it absurd and harmless. "For the network of public education, we support the measure, but for bars and restaurants find an interference of public power in a market that regulates itself, as an adult knows what is healthy or not," said Aguayo, who cited examples of initiatives that are not provided for by law, but some establishments such as the differential form, as individual packages of toothpicks and cutlery of teeth and packed sachets. He believes that if the law comes into force, the costs of the owners of establishments that serve food would increase lending to consumers and one would be inevitable.
Source: Gazeta do Povo
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