Haw. Rev. Stat. § 321-30.3

Current through Chapter 253 of the 2024 Legislative Session

Section 321-30.3 - Default beverages offered with children's meals

(a) A restaurant that offers for sale a children's meal that includes a beverage shall offer with the children's meal as a default beverage one or more of the following:

(1) Water, sparkling water, or flavored water, with no added sugar, corn syrup, or other natural or artificial sweeteners;

(2) Unflavored nonfat or low-fat (one per cent) dairy milk or non-dairy beverage that is nutritionally equivalent to fluid milk in a serving size of eight ounces or less; or

(3) One hundred per cent fruit juice or vegetable juice, or fruit juice or vegetable juice combined with water or carbonated water, with no added natural or artificial sweetener, in a serving size of eight ounces or less.

(b) Nothing in this section shall prohibit a restaurant from selling, or a customer from purchasing, an alternative to the default beverage if requested by the purchaser of the children's meal.

(c) The department of health shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 91 to implement this section.

(d) As used in this section, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

"Children's meal" means a combination of food and a beverage, sold together at a single price by a restaurant, primarily intended for consumption by children.

"Default beverage" means a beverage automatically included or offered as part of a children's meal, absent a specific request for a substitute or alternate beverage by the purchaser of the children's meal.

"One hundred per cent fruit juice or vegetable juice" means any liquid consisting of one hundred per cent fruit juice or vegetable juice with no added sugar, corn syrup, or caloric sweetener.

"Restaurant" means a food establishment that serves food to customers for consumption on or off the premises, including fast-food and full-service dining establishments. "Restaurant" includes but is not limited to drive-through or walk-up counters, coffee shops, cafes, pizza parlors, food stands, movie theater concession stands, and dine-in establishments. For purposes of this definition, a restaurant may provide alcoholic beverage sales for drinking on premises; provided that such sales are ancillary to food service.

HRS § 321-30.3

Added by L 2019, c 138,§ 2, eff. 1/1/2020.