Texas became the latest state to enact a host of public health measures driven by the Trump administration’s “Make America Healthy Again” agenda with new laws taking aim at additives and sugary foods.
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. praised the Legislature on Wednesday as he joined Gov. Greg Abbott at a signing ceremony for a trio of MAHA-inspired bills.
“There are no states, with the possible exception of Louisiana, that have done more far-reaching legislation than this, and there’s no state that fought a harder battle to get here,” Kennedy said, adding that Texas is “leading the nation” in his MAHA push.
Abbott said, “Texas is doing its part to make Texas healthy again by the laws I’m signing today.”
One of the measures will implement sweeping fitness and nutrition education requirements in public schools, in addition to requiring a stark warning on food products that contain any of 44 additives the state has identified as harmful.
The warning will apply to food manufacturers using additives such as bleached flour, partially hydrogenated oil and many common food dyes. Starting in 2027, they will need to include a prominent label on those products that reads: “WARNING: This product contains an ingredient that is not recommended for human consumption by the appropriate authority in Australia, Canada, the European Union, or the United Kingdom.”
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