The Maryland Senate Finance Committee voted to kill the proposed Maryland Healthy Vending Act, according to The Baltimore Sun. The Act would have required that at least 75 percent of packaged food and beverage options sold in vending machines on state owned or managed grounds meet a “healthy” standard, according to the bill’s sponsors.
Scott Meskin, president of MD-based Black Tie Services, told the source that he would be willing to stock all of his machines with healthy food, but it just doesn’t sell. Meskin noted that the bill would take away freedom of choice, direct sales to street vendors, cut jobs, and consolidate his locations.
Members of the Maryland-DC Vending Association testified before the Maryland legislature in opposition to the “Maryland Healthy Vending Act” last week.
