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Junk Food Crackdown: Feds Draw Up Strict Standards For Marketing To Kids

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On Wednesday, BNET pointed to an interagency document from the FTC, FDA, CDC, and USDA proposing new nutritional standards for food marketed to children ages 2-17. Sugary fruit juices and fatty foods would be off limits, and could not be aimed at children. According to the new guidelines, foods marketed to kids must actually include food.

While the USDA did help to write the guidelines, they're the only agency who hasn't signed off on the proposal, reports BNET:

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They should have done this earier.

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