H.R. 2530 · 119th Congress
Healthy Lunch for Healthy Kids Act
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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.
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Apr 1, 2025
Healthy Lunch for Healthy Kids Act
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).
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: Healthy Lunch for Healthy Kids Act
Latest action (Apr 1, 2025): Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Policy area: Agriculture and Food · Origin: House · Introduced: Apr 1, 2025
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.