Texas Governor Signs Law Requiring Warning Labels on Some Foods

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Companies making products with certain additives must include a warning label starting in 2027 disclosing the inclusion of the additives.

Texas is requiring companies to add warning labels to some foods, under a bill signed into law by Gov. Greg Abbott.

The Texas Make America Health Again (MAHA) legislation, modeled on federal MAHA efforts led by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., mandates companies making products with certain additives, such as the artificial dye citrus red 2, include a warning label starting in 2027 disclosing the inclusion of the additives.

Other additives include potassium bromate, which is in many breads; titanium dioxide, used as a whitening agent in candies and other products; and additional dyes such as green 3.

The label must state that โ€œthis product contains an ingredient that is not recommended for human consumption by the appropriate authority in Australia, Canada, the European Union, or the United Kingdom.โ€

The requirement means โ€œconsumers are informed and can make better choices for their families,โ€ state Sen. Lois Kolkhorst, a Republican who sponsored the bill, wrote on social media platform X.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration previously allowed companies to use nine of these artificial dyes. It has since banned three, including red 2, and is working with firms to stop using the other six.

Artificial dyes have been linked to issues such as increased hyperactivity in children.

Some on List Allowed

The full list contains 44 additives. Some, such as blue dye No. 1 and butylated hydroxytoluene, are allowed in Australia, Canada, the European Union, and the United Kingdom, according to the Consumer Brands Association, a food industry trade group, and Thomas Galligan, a scientist with the Center for Science in the Public Interest.

โ€œI donโ€™t know how the list of chemicals was constructed,โ€ Galligan said. โ€œWarnings have to be accurate in order to be legal.โ€

By Zachary Stieber

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