MEXICO: New obesity law prompts Coca-Cola to exit primary schools
By Ivan Castano | 10 June 2010
Coca-Cola Mexico will withdraw a slew of its products from over 300,000 primary schools in Mexico by 2013 to comply with a new law tackling a child obesity epidemic in the country.
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Coca-Cola Mexico will withdraw a slew of its products from over 300,000 primary schools in Mexico by 2013 to comply with a new law tackling a child obesity epidemic in the country.

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