Earlier editions: 2026-09
Daly City Municipal Code Ch. 8.72 Establishing Healthy Default Beverages Offered with Children's Meals
Daly City Municipal Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · Daly City
Cite as: Daly City Municipal Code Chapter 8.72 · Text as of 2026-10-04
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Editor's note— Ord. No. 1415, § 3, adopted Jan. 8, 2018, provides that this chapter shall be in full force and effect on June 1, 2018.
8.72.010 - Definitions.¶
The following terms shall have the following meanings:
A. "Children's meal" means a combination of food items, or food item(s) and a beverage, sold together at a single price, primarily intended for consumption by children.
B. "Default beverage" means the beverage automatically included or offered as part of a children's meal, absent a specific request by the purchaser of the children's meal for an alternative beverage.
C. "Food vendor" means any food facility as defined by California Health and Safety Code section 113789 permitted by the division of environmental health.
D. "Milk substitute" means a non-dairy plant-based drink served in place of milk, including, but not limited to, soy milk, almond milk, or rice milk.
(Ord. No. 1415, § 2, 1-8-2018)
8.72.020 - Default beverages in children's meals.¶
A. A food vendor that sells a children's meal that includes a beverage shall make the default beverage offered with the children's meal one of the following:
Water, sparkling water, or flavored water, with no added natural or artificial sweeteners; or
Milk or a milk substitute, with no added natural or artificial sweeteners.
B. Nothing in this section prohibits a food vendor'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, at an additional cost, if requested by the purchaser of the children's meal.
C. All restaurants shall complete an initial self-certification certifying whether they offer children's meals and if so, certifying that they comply with the provisions of this Section 8.72.020.
(Ord. No. 1415, § 2, 1-8-2018)
8.72.030 - Violation—Penalty.¶
A. Each violation of any provision of this chapter shall be guilty of an infraction as set forth in Chapter 1.12 of the Daly City Municipal Code.
B. Each violation this chapter may be subject to a civil action brought at the discretion of the city attorney, punishable by a civil fine not less than two hundred fifty dollars and not exceeding one thousand dollars per violation.
C. Remedies and penalties under this chapter are cumulative and not exclusive.
(Ord. No. 1415, § 2, 1-8-2018)
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