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.\r This bill also makes technical corrections to conform existing law to the standards of the Delaware Legislative Drafting Manual.