Chips, candy and other junk foods might someday be removed from checkout areas at grocery stores in Perris after city leaders voted to adopt a law that bans unhealthy foods near registers.
The Perris City Council unanimously voted to ban junk foods from checkout lines at big-named grocery stores, requiring them to replace high sugar and high calorie items with healthier options. The ordinance was approved earlier this year and will soon have a second reading in an amended version.
"Were not asking them to stop the list of everything that's coming into the store, we are just saying to move it back into the aisles,” Vargas said.Sign up for NBC LA newsletters.
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