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California to ban ultra-processed foods from school lunches

The bill, signed by California Governor Gavin Newsom, will see the US state define UPFs "for school-related purposes". Read More

Newsom signs first-in-nation law to ban ultraprocessed food in school lunches

The legislation builds on recent laws passed in California to eliminate synthetic food dyes from school meals and certain additives ... Gabriel contends that the law bans not foods but rather harmful ... Read More

California Governor Newsom Signs First-in-the-Nation Bill Banning Harmful Ultra-Processed Food in School Meals

SACRAMENTO, CA – California Governor Gavin Newsom signed legislation today that bans unhealthy ultra-processed foods (UPFs) in public schools. Read More

New California law requires some ultraprocessed foods to be removed from school lunches

SACRAMENTO — California will phase out ... a law in 2023 banning certain synthetic food dyes from school meals. Legislatures across the country have introduced more than 100 bills in recent months ... Read More

California’s ultra-processed food ban could reshape school meals and national policy

Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a landmark bill yesterday requiring the state to define UPF and eliminate the ‘most harmful’ ones from school meals over the next 10 years – a decisive action in sharp contras ... Read More

Newsom signs first-in-nation ban on ultraprocessed foods in schools

California became the first state to ban ultra-processed foods in school meals after Gov. Gavin Newsom signed AB 1264 into law. A state agency will have to establish scientific criteria to define ... Read More

California enacts nation’s first law to define and ban ultraprocessed foods

California made history Wednesday by enacting the first law in the United States to define and ultimately ban unhealthy ultraprocessed foods, or UPFs, from what’s projected to be over 1 billion meals ... Read More

Newsom signs ban on ‘ultraprocessed’ food in California school lunches

LOS ANGELES — Gavin Newsom signed legislation Wednesday phasing out “ultraprocessed” foods from California schools ... from the lawmaker banning food containing certain dyes from being sold in schools ... Read More

California moves to ban ultra-processed foods in school lunches

We don’t love our kids any less than they do in Europe, or Asia, or Latin America,” said Asm. Jesse Gabriel at a bill signing event. Read More