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Healthy Lunch for Healthy Kids Act

H.R. 2530 · 119th Congress · Apr 1, 2025 · Lineage

A BILL

To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to prohibit the serving of certain foods under the school lunch program, and for other purposes.

Section 1 Short title

This Act may be cited as the “Healthy Lunch for Healthy Kids Act”.

Sec. 2 Nutritional and other requirements

Section 9(a)(1)(A) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act is amended—
(1)
in clause (i), by striking “and” at the end;
(2)
in clause (ii), by striking the period at the end and inserting “; and”; and
(3)
by adding at the end the following:

“(iii) shall prohibit—

“(I) ultraprocessed foods (as described in group 4 of the NOVA classification system); and

“(II) foods containing—

“(aa) potassium bromate;

“(bb) propylparaben;

“(cc) titanium dioxide;

“(dd) brominated vegetable oil;

“(ee) yellow dye 5;

“(ff) yellow dye 6;

“(gg) blue dye 1;

“(hh) blue dye 2;

“(ii) green dye 3;

“(jj) red dye 3; or

“(kk) red dye 40.”