Texas Governor Signs Bills Aimed at Making People Healthier

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, on Aug. 27, signed into law three bills inspired by the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) movement.
Joining Abbott at the event in Austin was the U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a leader of the movement.
Abbott signed Texas Senate Bill 25, which requires a warning label disclosing ingredients such as the synthetic colorings Blue No. 2 and Green No. 3.
He also signed Texas Senate Bill 314, legislation that bars schools that participate in the national school lunch programs from serving products with certain additives, including brominated vegetable oil and titanium dioxide.
The third piece of legislation, Senate Bill 379, states that food stamps cannot be used to buy sweetened drinks and candy, codifying an earlier move from Abbott….