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Committee passes bill restricting certain food additives in school meals after multiple amendments
Summary
Senators amended SB 390 to clarify it applies to reimbursable school meals, delayed certain enforcement provisions to the 2028–29 school year, removed BHA from the ban and added FD&C labeling clarity; the committee passed the bill favorably as amended by voice vote.
The Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee passed Senate Bill 390 favorably as amended after a series of committee amendments that narrowed and clarified the bill's scope.
Senator Titus proposed the first amendment to clarify that the bill's definition of 'food' applies to reimbursable meals tied to federal school meal programs; that amendment was adopted by voice vote. Senator Sintra Francisco…
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