City Council
MEETING DATE: 8/23/2017
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Healthy Default Beverages in Kid's Meals
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FROM:
Charlie McClendon, City Manager
RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
This item is presented for information, discussion and direction only.
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BACKGROUND:
MPT Pettis requested a discussion item on the topic of requiring restaurants offering kid's meals to provide, as a default beverage, a non-sugared drink such as milk or water.
DISCUSSION:
Some jurisdictions have adopted ordinances requiring restaurants offering kid's meals to provide, as a default beverage, a non-sugared drink such as milk or water. An ordinance along these lines was approved in Stockton in 2016. The ordinance is attached. The Stockton ordinance also contains a provision that "nothing in this section prohibits a restaurant's ability to sell, or a customer's ability to purchase, a substitute or alternative beverage instead of the default beverage offered with a children's meal, if requested by the purchaser of the children's meal."
Public health, specifically fighting childhood obesity, is typically cited as the public policy reason for such an ordinance.
Alfred Mata, of Public Health Advocates and the HEAL Cities Campaign will attend the study session to provide a brief presentation and answer Council questions.
FISCAL IMPACT:
None at this point.
ATTACHMENTS:
Stockton Ordinance