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If you ever thought "there ought to be a law on some food-related something or other...," there's now a free web tool to figure out if there is a law, or potentially could be.

Yale University's Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity has launched an online database that tracks state and federal legislative efforts that relate to food, and the lobbying that goes on for and against those issues.

"We realized it would be a very useful tool for people working on obesity policy and food policy," said Roberta Friedman, Rudd's director of public policy.