DENVER — Beginning in July next year, Denver restaurants would only offer water or milk as the "default" drink options to children under a proposed ordinance the City Council’s business committee advanced on Wednesday.
The entire council still needs to deliberate the proposal, and it's not immediately clear where Mayor Mike Johnston stands on the concept.
The proposal defines "default" beverage in a "children's meal" to mean two things — water, which may be "still or sparkling, with no added sugar" or "dairy milk or non-dairy milk substitute with no added sugar."
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