California Gov Gavin Newsom bans students' favorite cafeteria snacks over cancer fears READ MORE: California becomes first state to ban cancer-causing food additives By Cassidy Morrison Senior Health Reporter For Dailymail.Com Published: 13:08 EDT, 1 October 2024 | Updated: 13:28 EDT, 1 October 2024 e-mail 4 View comments California school children will soon be left without their favorite lunchtime snacks as the state moves closer to banning artificial ingredients in hundreds of foods. The California School Food Safety Act, was signed into law last week by Gov Gavin Newson.
It bans Red 40, Yellow 5, Yellow 6, Blue 1, Blue 2, and Green 3 in meals, drinks, and snacks served in most K-12 school cafeterias across the state. Officials insist the new law will not ban any foods, though it will require food manufacturers to strip artificial dyes from their recipes and replace them with natural alternatives, like carrot or beet juice, something many companies already do in European markets. Companies have until December 31, 2027, to reformulate their products and remove the ingredients that have been linked to developmental problems or see their foods blocked from being sold to schools.
The foods included contain additives that, according to the latest California law, will need to be stripped out of foods sold in schools Your browser does not support iframes. The latest legislation builds on one Gov Newsom signed into law last year, outlawing brominated vegetable oil, potassium bromat.