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Alaska State Legislature· SB 187CHAPTER 17 SLA 26

SCHOOL NUTRITION/MEAL: PROHIBIT FOOD DYES, the official text

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Enrolled SB 187 
 Prohibiting certain food additives in public school meals; and providing for an effective date. 
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 * Section 1. AS 14.03 is amended by adding a new section to read: 
 Sec. 14.03.087. Prohibited food additives. A public school may not serve, as 
 part of a breakfast or lunch provided by the school to enrolled students during a school 
 day, a food or beverage that contains any of the following color additives certified by 
 the United States Food and Drug Administration under 21 U.S.C. 379e: 
 (1) red dye 3 (U.S. Chemical Abstracts Service no. 16423-68-0); 
 (2) red dye 40 (U.S. Chemical Abstracts Service no. 25956-17-6); 
 (3) yellow dye 5 (U.S. Chemical Abstracts Service no. 1934-21-0); 
 (4) yellow dye 6 (U.S. Chemical Abstracts Service no. 2783-94-0); 
 (5) blue dye 1 (U.S. Chemical Abstracts Service no. 3844-45-9); 
 (6) blue dye 2 (U.S. Chemical Abstracts Service no. 860-22-0); or

(7) green dye 3 (U.S. Chemical Abstracts Service no. 2353-45-9). 
 * Sec. 2. This Act takes effect January 1, 2028.
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