TITLE: Relating to prohibiting certain food additives from being included at primary and secondary schools.

SUMMARY: Relating to prohibiting certain food additives from being included at primary and secondary schools.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to prohibiting certain food additives from being included at primary and secondary schools. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 33, Education Code, is amended by adding Section 33.9011 to read as follows: Sec. 33.9011. PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN ADDITIVES IN SCHOOL MEALS. A school district or open-enrollment charter school that provides meals to students may not provide any food that contains the following substances: (1) brominated vegetable oil (BVO); (2) potassium bromate; (3) propylparaben; (4) azodicarbonamide; (5) butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA); (6) titanium dioxide; (7) red dye 3 (CAS 16423-68-0); (8) blue 1 (CAS 3844-45-9); (9) blue 2 (CAS 860-22-0); (10) green 3 (CAS 2353-45-9); (11) red 40 (CAS 25956-17-6); (12) yellow 5 (CAS 1934-21-0); (13) yellow 6 (CAS 2783-94-0); or (14) any additive that is substantially similar to an additive specified in Subdivisions (7) through (13). SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2026-2027 school year. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.