1738.01 Beverages offered with children's meals.
   A.   Definitions.
      1.   "Food service operation" has the same meaning as in O.R.C. Section 3717.01.
      2.   "Children's meal" means a combination of food items and a beverage that is prepared by and offered for purchase at a food service operation as a unit at a single price and is primarily intended for consumption by children.
   B.   Beverage limitation. No food service operation shall offer a children's meal that includes a beverage unless the beverage is:
      1.   water, sparkling water, or flavored water, with no added natural or artificial sweeteners; or
      2.   nonfat or one (1) percent milk or a non-dairy milk alternative containing no more than one hundred fifty (150) calories per container or serving as offered for sale; or
      3.   One hundred percent (100%) fruit juice or fruit juice combined with water or carbonated water, with no added sweeteners, in a serving size of no more than eight (8) ounces.
   C.   Exception. Upon a customer's request, a food service operation may sell, and a customer may purchase, a substitute or alternative beverage instead of the beverages offered pursuant to division (B) of this section.
   D.   Educational Material. The Toledo Board of Health or a designee shall make available educational material regarding the nutritional and health reasons to limit a child's consumption of sugary drinks.
   E.   The offering, by a food service operation on its written or posted menu, of a children's meal with the beverage limitation set forth in division (B) is prima facie evidence of compliance with this chapter.
   F.   Enactment. That this ordinance shall take effect and be in force six (6) months after its passage.
(Ord. 182-21. Passed 4-13-21.)