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Gov. Greg Abbott signs bipartisan 'Make Texas Healthy Again' package restricting additives and some SNAP purchases
Summary
In Austin, Gov. Greg Abbott signed a package of bipartisan bills that expand nutrition education, require labeling on certain packaged foods, prohibit specified additives from school meals and bar SNAP purchases of sweetened drinks and candy; Secretary Kennedy attended and outlined the public health rationale.
Gov. Greg Abbott signed a package of bipartisan health bills in Austin that he said aim to reduce chronic disease by changing school food, consumer labeling and SNAP eligibility.
The centerpiece, identified in the remarks as Senate Bill 25 and described as the "Make Texas Healthy Again Act," requires expanded nutrition education across K–12 and higher education and requires clearer labeling on packaged foods that contain ingredients banned in other countries. Abbott said another bill, Senate Bill 314, will prohibit schools that participate in the national school lunch and breakfast programs from serving foods with additives he and supporters link to disease and obesity. Senate Bill 379, he said, would prohibit use of SNAP benefits to buy sweetened drinks and candy.
"And now Texas is doing his part to make Texas healthy again by the laws I'm signing…
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