CHILD NUTRITION
HB314
FOOD ADDITIVES PROHIBITION
Effective for the 2025-26 School Year
• Prohibits districts that provide free meals under the national school breakfast or lunch programs from providing any food that contains any ingredient below but allows a district to submit a waiver to the commissioner for an exemption o Brominated vegetable oil( BVO) o Potassium bromate o Propylparaben o Azodicarbonamide o butylated hydroxyanisole( BHA) o red 3( CAS 16423-68-0) o red 40( CAS 25956-17-6 o yellow 5( CAS 1934-21-0) o yellow 6( CAS 2783-94-0) o blue 1( CAS 3844-45-9) o blue 2( CAS 860-22-0) o Green 3( CAS 2353-45-9) o citrus red 3( CAS 6358-53-8) o orange B( CAS15139-76-l) o INS No. Al50 c / ammonia caramel( Class III) o INSNo. Al50d / sulfite ammonia caramel( Class IV) o titanium dioxide o or any additive that is substantially similar to an additive specified above
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