Healthy Lunch for Healthy Kids Act

# Healthy Lunch for Healthy Kids Act Summary **What the bill would do:** This bill would change nutrition rules for school lunches served across the country's National School Lunch Program. If passed, it would ban ultraprocessed foods and several specific food additives from school meals, including certain food dyes (like yellow dyes 5 and 6) and chemical additives such as potassium bromate, propylparaben, titanium dioxide, and brominated vegetable oil. Schools participating in the federal lunch program would be required to meet these stricter standards. **Who it affects:** This legislation would impact millions of students who eat school lunches daily, as well as schools that serve meals through the National School Lunch Program.

Schools would need to adjust their meal planning and food sourcing to comply with the new restrictions. **Current status:** The bill was introduced by Rep. Mike Kennedy (R-UT) in the 119th Congress and is currently in committee, meaning it has not yet been debated or voted on by the full House of Representatives.