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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
HOUSE BILL 1912 By: Alonso-Sandoval
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to folic acid; creating the Corn Masa
Nutrition Enhancement Act; defining terms; requiring
corn masa flour conta in certain amounts of folic
acid; requiring wet corn masa product contain certain
amounts of folic acid; requiring nutritional
labeling; requiring manufacture labeling; providing
exceptions; providing for codification; and providing
an effective date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1 -1145 of Title 63, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
This act shall be known and may be cited as the " Corn Masa
Nutrition Enhancement Act ".
SECTION 2. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1-1145.1 of Title 63, unless
there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. As used in this section:
1. "Corn masa flour", also commonly known as masa harina, means
a dry flour-type product made from corn that has been treated with
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slaked lime or otherwise undergoes a process kn own as
nixtamalization;
2. "Snack foods" means pre -packaged food items typically
intended for immediate consumption, characterized by small or
single-serving portions, and designed primarily for consumption
between meals. This includes, but is not limite d to, products such
as chips, crisps, or extruded snack products, often sold
individually or in small bags or containers. Snack foods shall not
include bulk-packaged corn masa products or other items commonly
used as primary ingredients in meal preparatio n, such as tortillas;
and
3. "Wet corn masa product " means food manufactured by using an
alkali solution with corn kernels to transform them into nixtamal.
Wet corn masa product does not include products made with corn masa
flour.
B. 1. Commencing January 1, 2026, corn masa flour
manufactured, sold, delivered, distributed, held, offered for sale,
or used as an ingredient in the manufacture of a food product shall
contain folic acid at a level of seven-tenths (0.7) milligrams of
folic acid per pound of c orn masa flour within an acceptable
industry standard deviation of error.
2. Commencing January 1, 2026, wet corn masa product
manufactured, sold, delivered, distributed, held, offered for sale,
or used as an ingredient in the manufacture of a food produc t shall
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contain folic acid at a level of four-tenths (0.4) milligrams of
folic acid per pound of end product within an acceptable industry
standard of deviation of error.
C. Commencing January 1, 2026, corn masa flour or a wet corn
masa product shall incl ude both of the following:
1. A declaration of folic acid on the nutrition label in
accordance with applicable federal law, including, but not limited
to, 21 C.F.R., Section 101.9; and
2. A declaration that the product contains corn masa flour or
was manufactured through a wet corn masa manufacturing process.
D. 1. A person or entity may manufacture, sell, deliver,
distribute, hold, offer for sale, or use as an ingredient in the
manufacture of products corn masa flour that does not meet the
requirements of paragraph 1 of subsection B of this section, if they
meet the definition of, or are suppliers to, any of the following:
a. a cottage food operation,
b. a food facility, or
c. a small-volume operator.
2. This section shall not apply to snack foods.
SECTION 3. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.
60-1-11170 TJ 01/13/25