According to USA Today, California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Saturday signed into law a “first-in-the-nation” measure barring schools from serving foods containing the chemicals. Beginning on Dec. 31, 2027, when the legislation goes into effect, AB 2316, or the California School Food Safety Act, will keep schools from serving six artificial food dyes that appear up and down the grocery aisle – Blue 1, Blue 2, Green 3, Red 40, Yellow 5, and Yellow 6. (USA Today) And similar legislation is taking off in at least 10 other states.
Further, as per USA today a bill introduced in Pennsylvania’s legislature in March seeks to classify the same six additives as “poisonous and deleterious substances.” (USA Today).
A California Office of Environmental Health and Hazard Assessment Report Links Synthetic Food Dyes to Hyperactivity and other Neurobehavioral Effects in Children.
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