Fluff fans fight back at Statehouse

BOSTON (AP) -- The Fluff wars are heating up on Beacon Hill.

State Representative Kathi-Anne Reinstein plans to file a bill that would make the Fluffernutter the official sandwich of Massachusetts.

Reinstein says she wants to preserve the local legacy of the sandwich -- a concoction of marshmallow Fluff and peanut butter spread between two slices of bread.

Marshmallow Fluff was invented in Massachusetts and is still made at a factory in Lynn.

Reinstein filed the bill in response to legislation filed by Senator Jarrett Barrios that would allow Fluffernutter sandwiches to be served only once a week in public schools.

Barrios say schools should be choosing more nutritious alternatives than Fluff -- a staple of New England lunch boxes for generations.