Sentences with phrase «drink tax imposed»
«The program relies heavily on the example of the so far ineffective soft drink tax imposed by the Mexican Government.
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Just months after the government ruled out a sugar tax, Osborne said the planned levy, which would be imposed on companies and based on the sugar content in drinks, would raise 520 million pounds ($ 730 million).
Despite the original plan to impose a sugar tax only on sweetened soft drinks, the according bill passed into law on Monday by the Riigikogu includes dairy drinks as well as fruit juice.
Though coffee houses rapidly began to appear, tea continued to be the favored drink in the New World until 1773 when the colonists revolted against a heavy tax on tea imposed by King George.
Because it is imposed on drinks over a certain sugar threshold, manufacturers have the option of lowering sugar levels to avoid the tax.
The ordinance imposes a general tax on the distribution of sugar - sweetened beverages including soda, energy drinks, and heavily sweetened tea, as well as added caloric sweeteners used to produce these sugar - sweetened beverages (for example the premade syrup used to make fountain drinks).
Other clubs imposed a monthly minimum forfood and drink, but again Internal Revenue ruled that all such charges weresubject to the 20 % federal excise tax.
The Drinking Water Protection Program is funded by a self - imposed tax that county residents voted to levy upon themselves several times since 1987.
After protesting the budget Suffolk County leaders approved last fall, environmental groups have now sued the county over its use of nearly $ 33 million in funds that were raised through the Drinking Water Protection Program, a self - imposed tax that Suffolk residents have voted to levy upon themselves several times since the late 1980s.
Clampdown: The Tories will impose tax hikes on strong beer, cider and alcopops in a bid to rid Britain of anti-social behaviour and binge drinking
Billionaire media mogul and former New York City mayor Mike Bloomberg gave $ 150,000 on April 15 to support a campaign dubbed «San Franciscans United to Reduce Diabetes in Children by Imposing a 1 Cent Per Ounce Tax on the Distribution of Sugary Drinks.»
Hungary has imposed a small tax on sweets, salty snacks, and sugary and caffeinated drinks and intends to use the revenues to offset healthcare costs.
A committee of MPs has urged the UK government to impose a tax on sugary drinks, but limiting discounts on both food and drink may have more impact
The country has imposed a sugar tax: From now on, drinks with a sugar content of more than 5 grams per 100 milliliters will be taxed 18p per liter and 24p for drinks with 8 grams or more.
The tax will be imposed in line with the volume of the sugar - sweetened drinks a company produces or imports.
Clearly children's diets need attention, and there have been a number of initiatives to break the unhealthy eating habit, including: The National Healthy Schools Programme (1998 to 2009), which included healthy and nutritious foods being made available in school canteens and vending machines; The School Food Plan, (launched in 2015), which provided a new set of standards for all food served in schools, offering children more healthy, balanced diets, and withdrawing the provision of unhealthy snacks and drinks in school vending machines; and the much - publicised new sugar tax, which will be imposed on companies according to the sugar content of the energy and fizzy drinks they produce.