date:May 18, 2012
ed and enforced.
Questions have also been asked within the food and beverage industries about the health effect impact of high taxes on the alcohol drink sector. These taxes have been in existence for many years.
Some advocates of fat taxes say the revenues raised can be used by governments to treat diet related diseases, subsidise healthy foods, or to stimulate industry reformulation of food (such as removal of salt, sugar, or saturated fats from foods).