Sec. 12-216. Definitions
Codified through Bill No. CB-018-2026, adopted May 12, 2026, effective July 24, 2026. Source: Municode, Supplement 2026 Update 2. Editorial notes and legislative history omitted.
Prince George's County, Md., Code § 12-216 (2026)
Sec. 12-216. DefinitionsLinkCopy Citation
(a)
Child Friendly Restaurant means any Covered Food Service Facility offering Healthy Children's Meals.
(b)
(1)
Children's Meal means a combination of food items and beverage that is:
(A)
prepared by and offered for purchase at a food service facility as a unit at a single price; and
(B)
represented to be or otherwise primarily intended for consumption by a child.
(2)
It shall not include a combination of food items that has been prepackaged by or at a facility other than the food service facility offering the prepackaged combination for purchase.
(c)
Covered Food Service Facility means any food service facility as defined by Section 12-104(a)(7) of the County Code.
(d)
Default Beverage means the beverage automatically included as part of a children's meal, absent a specific request by the purchaser of the children's meal for an alternative beverage.
(e)
Default Healthy Side means the healthiest side option available as part of a Healthy Children's Meal.
(f)
Healthy Children's Meal is a Children's Meal that contains not more than: 550 calories; 700 milligrams of sodium; 10 percent of calories from saturated fat; 15 grams of added sugars; and 0 grams of trans fat; that includes at least a half (½) cup of non-fried fruit or non-fried vegetables (excluding white potatoes, juices, condiments, and spreads) including:
(1)
Servings in the specified amounts from at least two of the following five food groups, at least one of the two food groups must be a fruit or vegetable:
(A)
Fruit: greater or equal to a half (½) cup (100% juice cannot be used as a fruit substitute);
(B)
Vegetable: greater or equal to a half (½) cup;
(C)
Non/low-fat dairy: greater or equal to one (1) cup;
(D)
Meat or meat alternate: includes meat, poultry, seafood, eggs, legumes (beans and peas), soy products, and nuts and seeds: greater or equal to one (1) ounce.
(E)
Whole grains: a half (½) serving must provide greater or equal to eight (8) grams of whole grains and meet at least one of the following:
(i)
First ingredient a whole grain; or
(ii)
greater or equal to fifty percent (50%) whole grains by weight of product; or
(iii)
fifty percent (50%) whole grains by weight of grains.
(2)
Healthy Drink; where, if a children's meal includes a beverage, that beverage shall be one of the following:
(A)
water, sparkling water, or flavored water with no added natural or artificial sweeteners;
(B)
nonfat or one percent milk or a nondairy milk alternative containing no more than 130 calories per container or serving as offered for sale; or
(C)
100 percent fruit and/or vegetable juice or fruit and/or vegetable juice combined with water or carbonated water, with no added sweeteners in a serving size of not more than eight ounces.