US: Washington mulls restricted marketing to kids
By: just-food.com | 17 December 2009
The US federal government has made a series of "tentative" proposals to regulate the nutritional standards of foods advertised to children under the age of 17.
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The US federal government has made a series of "tentative" proposals to regulate the nutritional standards of foods advertised to children under the age of 17.

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