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NYC Food Nannies Hungry For More

They banned trans fats. They're on a crusade against salt. And now they've got high-fructose corn syrup in their crosshairs.

New York Assemblywoman Barbara Clark (D-Queens) has proposed a bill to make the "selling, storing, distributing, holding for service, or using in preparation" of high fructose corn syrup illegal in New York, effective immediately on passage of her bill.

This is madness. (Cue response: This is New York!) Where has the concept of individual responsibility gone?