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A bill to be entitled

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An act relating to nutrition services in elementary and

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secondary public schools; requiring each public school to

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make the nutritional value of meals served in the

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cafeteria available to the public; providing nutritional

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standards for food that is available to school children on

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school campuses; requiring the Governor's Council on

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Physical Fitness to study the effects of high-fructose

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corn syrup on school children; requiring the council to

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submit an annual report to the Governor and Legislature;

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providing an effective date.

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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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     Section 1. Regulation of food sold or prepared on public

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school campuses.--

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     (1) Each public elementary, middle, and high school in this

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state shall post in a conspicuous place in its cafeteria and on

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the school website the nutritional value of every meal served in

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the cafeteria. Such posting must be accessible to the parent or

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guardian of each student.

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     (2) Each public middle school shall reduce snack items and

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drinks sold in vending machines which contain high-fructose corn

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syrup and increase the number of healthier items sold in vending

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machines, such as vegetable juice, 100 percent fruit juice having

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natural sugars, and drinking water.

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     (3) In order to reduce the risk of diabetes and other

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health abnormalities in children, the school cafeteria in each

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public elementary, middle, and high school shall serve meals that

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are low in trans fat and shall offer whole-wheat food products.

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     Section 2. The Governor's Council on Physical Fitness shall

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study the effects of high-fructose corn syrup on children in

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grades 7-12 and issue an annual report by December 15, 2009, and

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each year thereafter, stating its findings, conclusions, and

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recommendations. The council shall submit its reports to the

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Governor, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the

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House of Representatives.

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     Section 3.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2008.