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Foods Available at Schools Amendments
2025 GENERAL SESSION
STATE OF UTAH
Chief Sponsor: Kristen Chevrier
Senate Sponsor:
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LONG TITLE
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General Description:
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This bill enacts provisions to prohibit certain food additives from being served in a public
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school.
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Highlighted Provisions:
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This bill:
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▸ defines terms;
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▸ enacts provisions to prohibit certain food additives from being served in a public school;
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and
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▸ provides an exception.
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Money Appropriated in this Bill:
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None
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Other Special Clauses:
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None
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Utah Code Sections Affected:
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ENACTS:
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53G-9-205.2, Utah Code Annotated 1953
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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
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Section 1. Section 53G-9-205.2 is enacted to read:
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53G-9-205.2 . Definitions -- Prohibited food additives -- Exceptions.
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(1) As used in this section:
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(a) "Public school" means the same as that term is defined in Section 53G-9-205.1.
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(b) "School day" means the portion of a day that school is in session in which a
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school-age child is required to be in school for purposes of receiving instruction.
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(c) "Ultraprocessed food" means a food or beverage that contains one or more of the
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following ingredients:
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(i) brominated vegetable oil;
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(ii) potassium bromate;
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(iii) propylparaben;
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(iv) titanium dioxide;
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(v) blue dye 1;
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(vi) blue dye 2;
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(vii) green dye 3;
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(viii) red dye 3;
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(ix) red dye 40;
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(x) yellow dye 5; and
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(xi) yellow dye 6.
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(2) Beginning in the 2026-2027 school year, a public school may not serve or sell
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ultraprocessed food on school grounds during the normal school day.
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(3) The board shall, in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative
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Rulemaking Act, adopt rules to implement this section.
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(4) Nothing in this section prevents a student's parent or legal guardian from providing the
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student with food that contains ultraprocessed food to the student during the school day.
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Section 2. Effective Date.
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This bill takes effect on May 7, 2025.
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