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California Bill Would Ban Ultra-Processed Foods in Schools

Posted on June 6, 2025
  • Earlier this year a bipartisan group of California lawmakers introduced AB 1264, which directs the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) to define “ultra-processed foods” (UPFs) and
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California Bill Seeks to Ban Five Chemical Substances from Use in Food Products

Posted on July 6, 2023
  • On June 28, 2023, the California Senate Committee on Health approved Assembly Bill 418 (AB 418), which would end the use of certain chemicals in food products sold
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California Assembly Passes Ban on Chemicals in Processed Food

Posted on May 18, 2023
  • California Assembly Bill 418 (AB 418) has a received a favorable 54-11 Assembly vote, which is a first-in-the-nation ban on brominated vegetable oil, potassium bromate, propylparaben, Red Dye
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California Assembly Members Introduce Bill to Ban Certain Color Additives

Posted on March 23, 2023
  • In February 2023, California Assemblymembers Jesse Gabriel and Buffy Wicks introduced legislation (AB 418) that would prohibit the manufacture or distribution In California of foods containing the additives
… Continue Reading California Assembly Members Introduce Bill to Ban Certain Color Additives

Free-dom

Posted on September 9, 2015

Market research firm reports on “free from” trend in snack foods.

  • For years, the food industry has been looking for ways to eliminate or reduce the production of foods that

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Elimination Challenge

Posted on May 1, 2015

Chipotle announces achievement of its “non-GM” goal and now seeks to eliminate additives.

  • Genetically modified (GM) foods and food additives have been the subject of significant media attention in recent

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