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Article: ABA votes to limit soft drink sales in schools: beverage association recommends only water and 100 percent juice in elementary schools.(American Beverage Association adopts new policy )
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- Food Processing
- Article date:
- September 1, 2005
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THE AMERICAN BEVERAGE ASSN. (ABA) LAST MONTH made a pre-emptive strike against legislation limiting carbonated soft drinks in schools by adopting a policy aimed at providing lower-calorie and nutritious beverages and limiting the availability of soft drinks.
Under the new policy, the beverage industry will provide:
* Elementary schools with only water and 100 percent juice.
* Middle schools with only nutritious and/or lower calorie beverages, such as water, 100 percent juice, sports drinks, nocalorie soft drinks and low-calorie juice drinks. No full-calorie soft drinks or full-calorie juice drinks with five percent or less juice until after ...