“Denmark said Saturday it would scrap a fat tax it introduced a little over a year ago in a world first, saying the measure was costly and failed to change Danes’ eating habits. ‘The fat tax and the extension of the chocolate tax — the so-called sugar tax — has been criticised for increasing prices for consumers, increasing companies’ administrative costs and putting Danish jobs at risk,’ the Danish tax ministry said in a statement. ‘At the same time it is believed that the fat tax has, to a lesser extent, contributed to Danes travelling across the border to make purchases,’ it added.”

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/11/10/denmark-to-scrap-worlds-first-fat-tax/

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