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School nutrition bill returned to calendar after lawmakers raise unanswered questions about costs, concession stands and charter impact
Summary
Senate Bill 117, which would prohibit specific ultra‑processed ingredients in federally funded school meals, was returned to the calendar on May 27 after lawmakers pressed the author for more detail on costs, concessions and charter‑school coverage.
Senate Bill 117, a measure to restrict "ultra‑processed" ingredients in meals served through federally funded school meal programs, drew sustained questioning and was temporarily returned to the calendar on May 27 after lawmakers raised a string of unresolved operational and fiscal questions.
Representative Carlson, carrying the bill on the House floor, said the intent is to limit specific additives — including artificial colors and certain seed oils and additives the bill lists — rather than ban whole categories of processed foods. The bill’s amendments narrowed earlier language from banning entire classes of "ultra‑processed" foods to prohibiting specified ingredients (e.g., certain synthetic dyes and additives) in school meals…
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