Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs has signed legislation banning ultra-processed foods in schools, while vetoing another bill supported by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Hobbs, a Democrat, on April 14 signed the legislation that prohibits schools that receive federal funding from serving certain ultra-processed foods, including foods containing artificial dyes such as Red Dye 40.
The bill says that “ultraprocessed, industrially manufactured, nutrient-depleted food with synthetic additives is undernourishing minors at public schools and contributing to childhood obesity,” and that “any taxpayer-funded meal or snack program offered to minors at public schools in this state should be nutritious and made primarily of whole, minimally processed plant or animal products.”…