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| 2 | 2 | | Introduced Version |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE BILL No. 1247 |
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| 4 | 4 | | _____ |
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| 5 | 5 | | DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL |
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| 6 | 6 | | Citations Affected: IC 16-18-2; IC 16-42-5.5; IC 35-52-16-86.5. |
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| 7 | 7 | | Synopsis: Prohibited food ingredients. Prohibits the use of various |
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| 8 | 8 | | food additives in Indiana. |
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| 9 | 9 | | Effective: July 1, 2025. |
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| 10 | 10 | | Rowray |
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| 11 | 11 | | January 9, 2025, read first time and referred to Committee on Public Health. |
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| 12 | 12 | | 2025 IN 1247—LS 7401/DI 150 Introduced |
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| 13 | 13 | | First Regular Session of the 124th General Assembly (2025) |
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| 14 | 14 | | PRINTING CODE. Amendments: Whenever an existing statute (or a section of the Indiana |
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| 15 | 15 | | Constitution) is being amended, the text of the existing provision will appear in this style type, |
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| 16 | 16 | | additions will appear in this style type, and deletions will appear in this style type. |
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| 17 | 17 | | Additions: Whenever a new statutory provision is being enacted (or a new constitutional |
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| 18 | 18 | | provision adopted), the text of the new provision will appear in this style type. Also, the |
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| 19 | 19 | | word NEW will appear in that style type in the introductory clause of each SECTION that adds |
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| 20 | 20 | | a new provision to the Indiana Code or the Indiana Constitution. |
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| 21 | 21 | | Conflict reconciliation: Text in a statute in this style type or this style type reconciles conflicts |
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| 22 | 22 | | between statutes enacted by the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly. |
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| 23 | 23 | | HOUSE BILL No. 1247 |
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| 24 | 24 | | A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning |
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| 25 | 25 | | health. |
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| 26 | 26 | | Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana: |
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| 27 | 27 | | 1 SECTION 1. IC 16-18-2-135 IS AMENDED TO READ AS |
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| 28 | 28 | | 2 FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 135. (a) "Food", for |
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| 29 | 29 | | 3 purposes of IC 16-42-1 through IC 16-42-4, and IC 16-42-5.5, and |
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| 30 | 30 | | 4 IC 16-42-18, means the following: |
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| 31 | 31 | | 5 (1) Articles used for food, drink, confectionery, or condiment for |
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| 32 | 32 | | 6 humans. |
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| 33 | 33 | | 7 (2) Chewing gum. |
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| 34 | 34 | | 8 (3) Articles used for components of any of these articles. |
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| 35 | 35 | | 9 (b) "Food", for purposes of IC 16-42-5 and IC 16-42-5.2, means the |
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| 36 | 36 | | 10 following: |
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| 37 | 37 | | 11 (1) All articles used for food, drink, confectionery, or condiment |
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| 38 | 38 | | 12 whether simple, mixed, or compound. |
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| 39 | 39 | | 13 (2) All substances or ingredients used in the preparation of the |
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| 40 | 40 | | 14 items described in subdivision (1). |
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| 41 | 41 | | 15 SECTION 2. IC 16-18-2-294.7 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA |
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| 42 | 42 | | 16 CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS |
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| 43 | 43 | | 17 [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 294.7. "Prohibited food additive", |
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| 44 | 44 | | 2025 IN 1247—LS 7401/DI 150 2 |
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| 45 | 45 | | 1 for purposes of IC 16-42-5.5, has the meaning set forth in |
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| 46 | 46 | | 2 IC 16-42-5.5-3. |
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| 47 | 47 | | 3 SECTION 3. IC 16-42-5.5 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE |
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| 48 | 48 | | 4 AS A NEW CHAPTER TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE |
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| 49 | 49 | | 5 JULY 1, 2025]: |
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| 50 | 50 | | 6 Chapter 5.5. Restrictions on Food Additives |
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| 51 | 51 | | 7 Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "food" has the meaning set forth |
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| 52 | 52 | | 8 in IC 16-18-2-135(a). |
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| 53 | 53 | | 9 Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "person" has the meaning set |
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| 54 | 54 | | 10 forth in IC 16-18-2-274(a). |
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| 55 | 55 | | 11 Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "prohibited food additive" refers |
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| 56 | 56 | | 12 to the following substances: |
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| 57 | 57 | | 13 (1) Blue 1 (CAS 3844-45-9). |
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| 58 | 58 | | 14 (2) Blue 2 (CAS 860-22-0). |
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| 59 | 59 | | 15 (3) Green 3 (CAS 2353-45-9). |
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| 60 | 60 | | 16 (4) Brominated vegetable oil (CAS 8016-94-2). |
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| 61 | 61 | | 17 (5) Propylparaben (CAS 94-13-3). |
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| 62 | 62 | | 18 (6) Potassium bromate (CAS 7758-01-2). |
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| 63 | 63 | | 19 (7) Red 3 (CAS 16423-68-0). |
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| 64 | 64 | | 20 (8) Red 40 (CAS 25956-17-6). |
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| 65 | 65 | | 21 (9) Yellow 5 (CAS 1934-21-0). |
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| 66 | 66 | | 22 (10) Yellow 6 (CAS 2783-94-0). |
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| 67 | 67 | | 23 Sec. 4. A person may not do the following in Indiana: |
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| 68 | 68 | | 24 (1) Sell food containing a prohibited food additive. |
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| 69 | 69 | | 25 (2) Store food containing a prohibited food additive. |
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| 70 | 70 | | 26 (3) Distribute food containing a prohibited food additive. |
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| 71 | 71 | | 27 (4) Use a prohibited food additive in the preparation of food. |
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| 72 | 72 | | 28 (5) Manufacture a prohibited food additive. |
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| 73 | 73 | | 29 Sec. 5. The state department may adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 |
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| 74 | 74 | | 30 to administer this chapter. |
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| 75 | 75 | | 31 Sec. 6. The state health commissioner shall enforce the |
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| 76 | 76 | | 32 provisions of this chapter. |
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| 77 | 77 | | 33 Sec. 7. A person who recklessly violates this chapter commits a |
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| 78 | 78 | | 34 Class B misdemeanor. |
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| 79 | 79 | | 35 SECTION 4. IC 35-52-16-86.5 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA |
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| 80 | 80 | | 36 CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS |
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| 81 | 81 | | 37 [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 86.5. IC 16-42-5.5-7 defines a |
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| 82 | 82 | | 38 crime concerning prohibited food additives. |
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| 83 | 83 | | 2025 IN 1247—LS 7401/DI 150 |
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