Texas food label law could force the food industry to change what it sells. (www.washingtonpost.com)

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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) signed sweeping legislation Sunday to slap warning labels on potentially tens of thousands of food and beverage packages...containing 44 dyes or additives commonly found in the country’s food supply...

...the effort from Texas — a deep-red state — is particularly striking, food safety experts said. Policies cracking down on the nation’s food supply have often come from big blue states, such as California...

...GOP lawmakers and the first Trump administration decried measures such as stricter school lunch standards as overregulation by the nanny state...The bill passed the Texas legislature this year with bipartisan support...

The law applies to a food product label “developed or copyrighted” on or after Jan. 1, 2027. This essentially means that companies would only need to add the labels to their packaging when they redesign or update labels, such as when new ingredients are added to a product...

In 2023, California passed a law prohibiting food containing red dye No. 3 from being sold in the state after Jan. 1, 2027. This year, West Virginia’s Republican governor signed sweeping legislation banning foods containing any of seven dyes from being served in school nutrition programs starting in August, and from being sold in the state starting in 2028.

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[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

Glad to see Texas doing some good here.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

Yeah, credit where its due. People don't generally think of Texas or West Virginia as having their shit together, but here we are.

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