1 | A bill to be entitled |
2 | An act relating to public food service establishments; |
3 | creating s. 509.234, F.S.; requiring public food |
4 | service establishments to serve sugar-free substitutes |
5 | for certain syrups, jelly, jam, marmalade, and fruit |
6 | preserves and provide notice to guests of the |
7 | availability of such sugar-free substitutes; providing |
8 | requirements for such notice; providing an effective |
9 | date. |
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11 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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13 | Section 1. Section 509.234, Florida Statutes, is created |
14 | to read: |
15 | 509.234 Sugar-free substitutes for syrups, jelly, jam, |
16 | marmalade, and fruit preserves; notice to guests.-A public food |
17 | service establishment that serves pancake or waffle syrup or any |
18 | jelly, jam, marmalade, or fruit preserves must: |
19 | (1) Serve a sugar-free substitute for such syrup, jelly, |
20 | jam, marmalade, or fruit preserves. |
21 | (2) Provide notice to guests of the availability of such |
22 | sugar-free syrup, jelly, jam, marmalade, or fruit preserves. The |
23 | notice must be included on the establishment's food menu and |
24 | displayed prominently at any area of the establishment where any |
25 | foods served with such syrup, jelly, jam, marmalade, or fruit |
26 | preserves are advertised for sale, including, but not limited |
27 | to, the posting of daily specials, an overhead menu posted at a |
28 | food service counter, an outdoor menu posted for guests using a |
29 | drive-through service window, and any signage posted at the |
30 | establishment. |
31 | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2012. |