Tex. Educ. Code § 33.9011 · Subchapter Z. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN ADDITIVES IN FREE OR REDUCED-PRICE MEALS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) In this section:
(1) "National school breakfast program" means the national school breakfast program under the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. Section 1773).
(2) "National school lunch program" means the national school lunch program of free or reduced-price lunches under 42 U.S.C. Section 1751 et seq.
(b) A school district or open-enrollment charter school that provides free or reduced-price meals to eligible students under Section 33.901, the national school breakfast program, or the national school lunch program may not provide as part of a free or reduced-price meal any food that contains the following substances:
(1) brominated vegetable oil (BVO);
(2) potassium bromate;
(3) propylparaben;
(4) azodicarbonamide;
(5) butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA);
(6) red 3 (CAS 16423-68-0);
(7) red 40 (CAS 25956-17-6);
(8) yellow 5 (CAS 1934-21-0);
(9) yellow 6 (CAS 2783-94-0);
(10) blue 1 (CAS 3844-45-9);
(11) blue 2 (CAS 860-22-0);
(12) green 3 (CAS 2353-45-9);
(13) citrus red 3 (CAS 6358-53-8);
(14) orange B (CAS 15139-76-1);
(15) INS No. 150c/ammonia caramel (Class III);
(16) INS No. 150d/sulfite ammonia caramel (Class IV);
(17) titanium dioxide; or
(18) any additive that is substantially similar to an additive specified in Subdivisions (1) through (17).
(c) A school district or open-enrollment charter school that receives a waiver under Section 7.056 is not in violation of this section.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 177 (S.B. 314), Sec. 1, eff. May 27, 2025.
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