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Texas could soon require packaged food and drinks to display prominent warning labels on ingredients

that are not recommended for human consumption by authorities in the European Union,

the UK, Canada, and Australia.

A bipartisan bill dubbed Make Texas Healthy Again and backed by health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Passed the state senate unanimously last month and was sent to the governor to be signed into law.

If signed, the bill would take effect on September 1st of this year,

and the new warning labels would be required starting in 2027.

This would apply to 44 ingredients such as synthetic food dyes, preservatives, and bleach flour. Products that would be impacted, barring changes in formulation include Doritos, Fruit Loops, M&Ms, Gatorade, and Mountain Dew.

The mandate would not apply to products not intended for

human consumption, food labeled, prepared, or served in restaurants or retail establishments,

and drug or dietary supplements. Products regulated by the Food Safety and Inspection Service,

which oversees meat, poultry, and eggs would also be exempt.

Sweeteners like high-fructose corn syrup and aspartame had been listed in the bill,

but were removed after industry pushback, according to the Texas Tribune.

A coalition of industry groups and companies such as PepsiCo, Mondalese, and Walmart called on Texas lawmakers to

scrap the new label requirement. The coalition wrote in a letter last month that this cast an

incredibly wide net, triggering warning labels on everyday grocery items based on assertions that

foreign governments have banned such items rather than on standards

established by Texas regulators or the FDA.

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