Yeager said at a press conference Tuesday that he hopes the ordinance will spark other counties and states to pass similar legislation.
Or is the idea that the ordinance will nevertheless get an idea in the air, in the way that smoking gradually became uncool and New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg hopes will happen with massive sugary drinks?
The ordinance will ban restaurants from giving away toys with meals that have more than 485 calories, more than 600 milligrams of sodium, more than 35 percent of total calories from fat or more than 10 percent of calories from added sugar.
President Pranab Mukherjee will need to approve the ordinance before it becomes law.
It's hard to see what the benefits of an ordinance such as Middleborough's will be.
If this bill is not passed, the ordinance lapses and the new laws will no longer be valid.
The ordinance was "a starting point and will be replaced by a law", Mr Chidambaram told reporters.
Parliament must ratify the ordinance to make it permanent, otherwise it will expire in several weeks.
Restaurants will have a 90-day grace period beginning May 11 before the ordinance goes into effect.
Cases in the court's upcoming session include two suits to determine the legitimacy of patents, a case that will help determine the scope of federal jurisdiction in civil lawsuits, and a challenge by Waste Management to a Mississippi ordinance limiting where it can dispose of solid waste.
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