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119th CONGRESS
1st Session |
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.
Mr. Kennedy of Utah introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce
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.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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:
“(I) ultraprocessed foods (as described in group 4 of the NOVA classification system); and
“(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.”.