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119-hr-2530119th CongressWALLET

Healthy Lunch for Healthy Kids Act

Sponsored By: Representative Kennedy, Mike [R-UT-3]

Introduced

Summary

This bill would ban ultraprocessed foods and a set of specified additives from the National School Lunch Program. It would apply the NOVA group 4 definition for ultraprocessed foods and add a list of prohibited additives, including potassium bromate, propylparaben, titanium dioxide, brominated vegetable oil, Yellow 5, Yellow 6, Blue 1, Blue 2, Green 3, Red 3, and Red 40.

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  • Students and families: School meals would no longer include NOVA group 4 ultraprocessed items or foods that contain the listed additives. Children would see different items offered at lunch.
  • School food programs: Meal programs would need to change menus and procurement rules to avoid banned foods. This would affect what districts buy and serve.
  • Food manufacturers and suppliers: Companies that sell to schools would need to reformulate products or stop supplying items that are ultraprocessed or contain the banned additives. School contracts and product lines could change.

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Analyzed Economic Effects

1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.

No ultraprocessed foods in school lunches

If enacted, schools in the National School Lunch Program would not be allowed to serve ultraprocessed foods (NOVA group 4). They also could not serve foods with these additives: potassium bromate, propylparaben, titanium dioxide, brominated vegetable oil, Yellow No. 5, Yellow No. 6, Blue No. 1, Blue No. 2, Green No. 3, Red No. 3, or Red No. 40. This would affect students who eat school lunches, their families, and school meal vendors. The excerpt does not set an effective date or new funding.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Kennedy, Mike [R-UT-3]

UT • R

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

No roll call votes available for this bill.

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