California AB 1276 requires Anaheim restaurants and food delivery platforms to provide single-use utensils, condiments, stirrers, and napkins only when the customer specifically requests them, ending automatic inclusion in takeout and delivery orders.
Under California Public Resources Code 42270.5, all Anaheim food facilities including restaurants, food trucks, ghost kitchens, and third-party delivery platforms like DoorDash and Uber Eats are barred from automatically bundling single-use foodware accessories with takeout or delivery orders. Customers must affirmatively request utensils, straws, stirrers, condiment packets, napkins, or cocktail picks. Online ordering interfaces must default these items off and require an extra click. The law applies to dine-in service of these accessories as well. Anaheim Code Enforcement and OC Health Care Agency can issue compliance notices.
Two warnings precede any fine, then violations are infractions of $25 per day with a $300 annual cap per food facility, with the same penalty schedule for delivery platforms operating in Anaheim.
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