/>i- On March 18, 2025, Louisiana introduced Senate Bill 14, a bill that would require products containing artificial dyes, chemical additives, and other ingredients to include a warning label on the product where the substances are banned or not authorized in other countries. The bill lists 51 different ingredients that would require the warning, including several synthetic dyes, synthetic or artificial vanillin, propylparaben, potassium bromate, melatonin, bleached flour, and others. Any food items containing any of the listed ingredients would be required to bear the following warning label, “WARNING: This product contains an artificial color, chemical, or food additive that is banned in Australia, Canada, the European Union, or the United Kingdom.”
- Additionally, SB 14 would prohibit public schools and non-public schools receiving state funds from serving ultra-processed foods. The bill defines ultra-processed food as any food or beverage that contains the following: Blue dye 1, Blue dye 2, Green dye 3, Red dye 3, Red dye 40, Yellow dye 5, Yellow dye 6, azodicarbonamide, Butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA), Butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT), Potassium bromate, propylparaben, and titanium dioxide.
- Some additional provisions of the bill would also require any food service establishment that cooks or prepares food using seed oil to display a disclaimer on the menu or other clearly visible location, prohibit soft drinks from SNAP eligibility, and require physicians and physician assistants to complete continuing education on nutrition and metabolic health.
- This bill mirrors Texas SB 25, as we’ve previously blogged about, which would also require warning labels on packaged food products containing artificial colors, chemicals, or food additives that do not have a regulatory clearance in other countries.
- LA SB 14 is the latest in a host of newly proposed bills this legislative cycle targeting synthetic dyes and various other food additives, which, if adopted, will create a divided and complicated regulatory scheme across the country.
- Keller and Heckman will continue to monitor developments related to state legislative efforts to prohibit food additives.
New Proposed Bill in Louisiana Targets Synthetic Dyes and Food Additives
Tuesday, April 15, 2025
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