New York bans large sugary sodas, new rules to take effect in March

The New York City ban on the sale of large sodas, which was finalized in mid-September last year, is now scheduled to be officially implemented on March 12. This new policy will have an impact on many large restaurant chains, especially for many pizza restaurants in the United States. The previous offer of buying a pizza and getting a large bottle of Coke for free will no longer apply. This policy has also caused complaints from many citizens.

The U.S. news website CNN reported that the soda ban issued by New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg began to be implemented at the end of February. The New York City Health Department began sending brochures and relevant regulations to restaurants, bars and other food-related stores last week. Mayor Bloomberg said that as the volume of beverages becomes larger and larger, people's waistlines will become thicker and thicker, which may also lead to the risk of diabetes and cardiovascular disease. In addition, New York City spends nearly $4 billion each year on solving citizens' obesity-related medical problems. Reducing citizens' beverage consumption may help to reduce the number of obese people.

However, store owners feel unfair about this, and even consumers do not like this policy; especially for families, in the past, it cost US$3 to buy a large 2-liter bottle of Coke at a pizza shop, but now they can only buy 6 12-ounce cans of Coke, and it costs US$7.5, which increases a lot in food expenses alone.

However, alcoholic beverages and soda water are not within the scope of the regulation and ban, and fruit smoothies and the like are not subject to restrictions if they do not contain artificial sweeteners. If there are drinks with added sugar, it must be ensured that the calories per ounce do not exceed 3.125 calories before large packages of beverages larger than 16 ounces can be sold.