New Hampshire SB577: (New Title) prohibiting the use and recommending avoidance of specific color additives in meals offered or made available by public schools as a part of school breakfast and lunch meal programs.

What the bill says

An act prohibiting the use and recommending avoidance of specific color additives in meals offered or made available by public schools as a part of school breakfast and lunch meal programs. Sen. Altschiller, Dist 24; Rep. Spier, Hills. 6; Rep. Burroughs, Carr. 2 COMMITTEE: Education ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── AMENDED ANALYSIS This bill: I. Prohibits the use of certain red, citrus red, and orange color additives in meals offered or made available by public schools as a part of school breakfast and lunch meal programs. II. Encourages public schools to avoid.

From the chaptered text, July 2, 2026:

AN ACT prohibiting the use and recommending avoidance of specific color additives in meals offered or made available by public schools as a part of school breakfast and lunch meal programs. Sen. Altschiller, Dist 24; Rep. Spier, Hills. 6; Rep. Burroughs, Carr. 2 COMMITTEE: Education ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── AMENDED ANALYSIS This bill: I. Prohibits the use of certain red, citrus red, and orange color additives in meals offered or made available by public schools as a part of school breakfast and lunch meal programs. II. Encourages public schools to avoid offering foods containing certain other color additives in school breakfast and lunch meals. III. Encourages public schools, where it is feasible, to work with vendors to transition away from foods containing certain color additives in school breakfast and lunch meals. IV. Exempts foods offered outside school breakfast and lunch meal programs from the prohibition and recommended avoidance of certain color additives. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - …

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Sponsors

• Rebecca Perkins Kwoka (D, 21) · primary sponsor