Title: Public Food Service Establishments

Summary: Requires public food service establishments to serve sugar-free substitutes for certain syrups & fruit preserves & provide notice to guests of availability of such sugar-free substitutes; provides requirements for such notice.

Full Text:
An act relating to public food service establishments; creating s. 509.234, F.S.; requiring public food service establishments to serve sugar-free substitutes for certain syrups and fruit preserves and provide notice to guests of the availability of such sugar-free substitutes; providing requirements for such notice; providing an effective date. 9 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 11 Section 1. Section 509.234, Florida Statutes, is created to read: 509.234 Sugar-free substitutes for syrups and fruit preserves; notice to guests.-A public food service establishment that serves pancake or waffle syrup or any jelly, jam, marmalade, or other fruit preserves must: (1) Serve a sugar-free substitute for such syrup or fruit preserves. (2) Provide notice to guests of the availability of such sugar-free syrup or fruit preserves. The notice must be included on the establishment's food menu and displayed prominently in any location at the establishment where any foods served with such syrup or fruit preserves are advertised for sale, including, but not limited to, the posting of daily specials, an overhead menu posted at a food service counter, an outdoor menu posted for guests using a drive-through service window, and any signage posted at the establishment. Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2011.