Food Advertising Subsidy Reform: A Win-Win for Fiscal and Public Health
States serve few roles more essential than ensuring access to safe, affordable food. From school meals to meat inspection to chemical ingredient safety, public food policy enjoys broad and growing support. But it also carries a high price tag. As states struggle to raise revenue for oversight of the food sector, not to mention healthcare and disability programs stressed by an epidemic of diet-related disease, eliminating subsidies for food and beverage advertising offers a solution.
