Junk Foods Expelled from NJ Schools

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - February 21, 2007 -- Junk foods got expelled from schools today, when Governor Corzine signed a bill implementing new school nutrition standards.

The new law bars the sale or distribution of foods with minimal nutritional value in public school cafeterias and vending machines during school hours.

Federal law defines such foods as those with less than five percent per serving of eight specified nutrients.

Under the law, vending machines will not be allowed to contain foods or soft drinks listing sugar as the first ingredient, or those with excess fat or saturated fat.

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