Proposal to require Nestlé to sell healthier food was rejected. 

Popular food and drink brand owner Nestlé (NSRGY) recently escaped a proposal that would have limited  

its "strategic freedom" by requiring it to reduce sales of its products with high levels of sugar, salt, and fat. 

Consider this related: a major French supermarket has discontinued a popular soft drink brand—something that may happen here in the US. 

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The plan's original intent was to require Nestlé to disclose sales data for food and drink products according to their perceived healthfulness.  

Setting goals to boost the share of sales from healthy items would have also been necessary for the company. 

Whoever submitted the plan last month was the nonprofit ShareAction, which asserted that Nestlé's food items are "unhealthy" 

and that the company has "consistently failed" to "shift the balance" of its sales toward healthier options. 

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