HR 2530In committeeAgriculturehouse

Healthy Lunch for Healthy Kids Act

Introduced Apr 1, 2025 by Rep. Mike Kennedy

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Latest action · Apr 1, 2025

Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.

What it does

This bill prohibits school lunches served by schools participating in the National School Lunch Program from including ultraprocessed foods and foods that contain specific additives, including several food dyes.

Specifically, the minimum nutrition requirements under the program must prohibit ultraprocessed foods and foods containing (1) potassium bromate, (2) propylparaben, (3) titanium dioxide, (4) brominated vegetable oil, or (5) specific food dyes (e.g., yellow dyes 5 or 6).

Summary by the Congressional Research Service.

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