Children's Health Defense
Doritos, Froot Loops, M&Ms, Oreo cookies, Skittles, Gatorade, Mountain Dew and other popular snack foods and beverages may soon have to carry warning labels in Texas, if a “landmark bill,” supported by U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Robert F. Kennedy Jr., is signed into law.
Senate Bill 25 would require some foods and beverages sold in Texas to state that they are “not recommended for human consumption” if they contain ingredients that are banned or required to carry warning labels in the European Union, United Kingdom, Australia or Canada.
The bill names 44 ingredients, including synthetic dyes, partially hydrogenated oils, bleached flour, and some seed oils and preservatives identified as contributing to the chronic disease epidemic in the U.S. by triggering increases in cardiac disease, diabetes, obesity, cancer and other conditions.
Under the bill, which has bipartisan support, the labeling requirement would take effect in 2027. It would empower the Texas Attorney General’s Office to fine violators $50,000 per day per product plus reimbursement of enforcement costs…
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