S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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8707
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
June 2, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. KELLES, ANGELINO, BURROUGHS, P. CARROLL, CLARK,
COLTON, CRUZ, DE LOS SANTOS, DINOWITZ, EPSTEIN, GALLAGHER, GIBBS,
GLICK, HEVESI, JACKSON, KAY, LEE, LEVENBERG, LUNSFORD, NORBER, PAULIN,
RAGA, REYES, ROSENTHAL, SAYEGH, SCHIAVONI, SEAWRIGHT, SHIMSKY, SIMON,
SLATER, STECK, STIRPE, TAGUE, TAPIA, TORRES -- read once and referred
to the Committee on Education
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to prohibiting the sale
of foods containing synthetic additives in schools
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 915-b
to read as follows:
§ 915-B. PROHIBITING THE SALE OF FOODS CONTAINING SYNTHETIC COLOR
ADDITIVES. 1. NO FOODS OR BEVERAGES, INCLUDING COMPETITIVE FOODS AS
DEFINED UNDER 7 CFR 210.11(A)(2) AND MEALS REIMBURSED UNDER PROGRAMS
AUTHORIZED BY THE FEDERAL RICHARD B. RUSSELL NATIONAL SCHOOL LUNCH ACT
(PUBLIC LAW 113-79) AND THE FEDERAL CHILD NUTRITION ACT OF 1966 (42
U.S.C. SEC. 1771 ET SEQ.), CONTAINING ANY OF THE FOLLOWING SUBSTANCES
SHALL BE SOLD IN ANY PUBLIC SCHOOL WITHIN THE STATE:
A. FD&C RED NO. 3
B. FD&C RED NO. 40
C. FD&C BLUE NO. 1
D. FD&C BLUE NO. 2
E. FD&C GREEN NO. 3
F. FD&C YELLOW NO. 5
G. FD&C YELLOW NO. 6
2. A SCHOOL MAY PERMIT THE SALE OF FOODS AND BEVERAGES THAT DO NOT
COMPLY WITH SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION IF THE SALE OF SUCH ITEMS
TAKES PLACE EITHER:
A. OFF AND AWAY FROM THE PREMISES OF THE SCHOOL; OR
B. ON SCHOOL PREMISES AT LEAST ONE-HALF HOUR AFTER THE END OF THE
SCHOOL DAY.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
it shall have become a law.
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