California bill requiring warning labels on sodas, sugary drinks is shelved

Your sodas will come without the State of California warning label, for now.

, restricted where sugary beverages could be sold in stores, and barred discounts aimed at spurring purchase of sodas.

In restaurants where cups of sodas are filled by employees, a warning label would have been placed in a location visible to consumers. The measure faced strong opposition from the soda industry, the California Restaurant Assn., the California Grocers Assn. and the California Chamber of Commerce. Consumers are being offered and are drinking more low- or no-sugar drinks, assisted by calorie and nutrition labels already on cans and bottles, said John Latimer, a lobbyist for Pepsi and the California Retailers Assn.

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