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Michigan House passes bill to ban certain additives from school food; sponsor cites child health concerns
Summary
House Bill 4369, a bill described on the floor as amending the "food law," passed on third reading after sponsor Representative Paquette urged banning specific ingredients from food and drink provided in schools.
LANSING — The Michigan House of Representatives on July 1 passed House Bill 4369, a measure described in the bill title as amending the state’s "food law," after a lengthy floor statement from sponsor Representative Paquette urging the chamber to prohibit specified additives and ingredients from foods and drinks distributed in schools.
Representative Doug Paquette (title on the transcript: Representative Paquette) told the chamber that the bill addresses ingredients he described as harmful to children’s health and learning. "It is the root that produces the fruit," he said.…
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