Texas schools ban certain additives in lunches starting this fall

Starting this fall, Texas schools will no longer serve lunches containing certain food additives that have raised health concerns. The new law, SB 314, targets ingredients like brominated vegetable oil, potassium bromate, and red dye 3, among others.

Maggie Mae Kennedy, assistant director of school nutrition services at Spring Branch Independent School District, says school districts have been preparing for this change for a while.

“Parents have been pushing for this,” Kennedy explains. “In Spring Branch and other local districts, we work closely with our communities to understand what they want in their kids’ food — and what they don’t.”…

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