date:Sep 21, 2012
foods. He also cited two polices that were ultimately rejected: First proposing a one-cent-per-ounce tax on soda that ultimately didn't pass in the state legislature and a ban on purchasing sugary drinks with food stamps which the U.S. Department of Agriculture shot down in 2011.
Farley said his department still thought both the tax and food stamp measures were good ideas, and added that nobody has asked him to add back trans fats or secondhand smoke at restaurants.
The commissioner also cr