# 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.

## Sec. 12-216. Definitions

Prince George's County, Md., Code § 12-216 (2026)

(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.