HR 2530 119th Congress House Agriculture and Food

Healthy Lunch for Healthy Kids Act

Introduced: April 1, 2025 Introduced by: Kennedy, Mike Republican · Utah See on congress.gov

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Apr 1, 2025

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Healthy Lunch for Healthy Kids Act

This bill prohibits school lunches served by schools participating in the National School Lunch Program from including ultraprocessed foods and foods that contain specific additives, including several food dyes.

Specifically, the minimum nutrition requirements under the program must prohibit ultraprocessed foods and foods containing (1) potassium bromate, (2) propylparaben, (3) titanium dioxide, (4) brominated vegetable oil, or (5) specific food dyes (e.g., yellow dyes 5 or 6).

What's happening now April 1, 2025

Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2530: Healthy Lunch for Healthy Kids Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-2530/

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"H.R. 2530: Healthy Lunch for Healthy Kids Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-2530/.

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H.R. 2530, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-2530/.

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