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foods and beverages" does not include any item that includes | | more than 30% of its calories from total fat or more than 10% | | of its calories from saturated fat, excluding seeds and nuts; | | any item for which 35% of its weight comes from refined | | sugars, excluding fruits, vegetables and low-fat dairy | | products; any item that contains more than 360 milligrams of | | sodium per serving; and any meal that includes more than 480 | | milligrams of sodium per serving. |
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| | | Rules adopted pursuant to this section are major substantive | | rules as defined in the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 5, chapter | | 375, subchapter 2-A. |
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| | | Sec. 10. Attorney General review. By January 31, 2006, the Attorney | | General shall determine whether the State may legally restrict, | | on Maine television stations, advertisements for foods and | | beverages that do not fit within the definition of "healthy foods | | and beverages" adopted by the Department of Health and Human | | Services, Bureau of Health when those advertisements are directed | | at children 12 years of age or younger. If the Attorney General | | determines that these advertisements may be restricted, the | | Bureau of Health shall evaluate whether these advertisements | | should be restricted on Maine television stations and shall make | | a recommendation to the Legislature based on this evaluation. |
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| | | This bill implements the recommendations of the Commission to | | Study Public Health concerning schools, children and nutrition. | | The bill: |
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| | | 1. Includes within the statewide system of learning results a | | nutrition component; |
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| | | 2. Requires schools to provide nutrition education for | | students, teachers and staff through coordinated school health | | programs and in accordance with learning results guidelines and | | requires a parent outreach component for nutrition education; |
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| | | 3. Directs school boards to require, after September 2006, | | that food and beverages sold or distributed on school grounds but | | outside of school meal programs, such as a la carte items, fund- | | raisers and vending machines, adhere to "healthy foods and | | beverages" standards, "single-serving standards" and other | | health-related parameters; |
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| | | 4. Requires schools, after August 2007, to post nutritional | | information for menu items, including age-appropriate daily |
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