Delaware General Assembly

Signed 7/17/19

The General Assembly has ended, the current status is the final status.

5/30/19

Minor-Brown

Reps. Bolden, Cooke, Longhurst, Michael Smith
Sen. Lockman, Sturgeon, Cloutier

Reps. Baumbach, Bentz, Chukwuocha, Hensley, Jaques, K. Johnson, Ramone, Seigfried
Sen. Delcollo, Hansen, McBride, McDowell, Paradee, Poore, Sokola, Townsend, Wilson

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE REGARDING DEFAULT BEVERAGES IN CHILDRENS’ MEALS IN RESTAURANTS.

This bill requires the State food safety standards for restaurants to include a system for requiring healthy beverages to be offered as the default beverage with a combination children’s meal inclusive of a drink, sold together at a unit price. It does not prohibit the restaurant’s ability to sell, or a customer’s ability to choose, a substitute or alternative beverage as-requested by a customer. This effectively creates an “opt in” instead of an “opt out” for many sugar-rich drink choices for children. This bill also makes technical corrections to conform existing law to the standards of the Delaware Legislative Drafting Manual.

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7/17/20

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