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New California law aims to improve school nutrition by phasing out some ultraprocessed foods
The law mandates phased removal of ultra-processed foods starting in 2033 and bans sales to schools by 2032 to improve child health, with about 1 billion meals served annually.
- A new California law will phase out certain ultraprocessed foods from school meals over the next decade.
- The law requires the state's Department of Public Health to adopt rules by mid-2028 defining ultraprocessed foods of concern and restricted school foods, with schools starting to phase them out by July 2029.
- Vendors will be banned from providing the foods of concern to schools by 2032, and districts will be barred from selling them for breakfast or lunch by July 2035.
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Newsom signs first-in-the-nation bill restricting ultra-processed foods in California schools
Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday signed a first-in-the-nation bill that legally defines ultra-processed foods and begins phasing out the most harmful ones from public school meals. Assembly Bill 1264, known as the Real Food, Healthy Kids Act, directs the California Department of Public Health to identify ultra-processed foods, or UPFs, that pose the greatest health risks to students and remove them from school menus by 2035. “Our public schools sh…
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