California to Ban Certain Ultraprocessed Foods in Schools
TL;DR
California has passed a law to phase out ultraprocessed foods from school meals over the next decade, aiming to improve children's health by reducing consumption of foods high in additives, sugar, sodium, and saturated fats, with full implementation expected by 2035.
- California to phase ultraprocessed food out of school meals NBC News
- California enacts nation’s first law to define and ban ultraprocessed foods CNN
- California Will Ban Certain Ultraprocessed Foods in Schools The New York Times
- Newsom signs first-in-the-nation bill restricting ultra-processed foods in California schools KTLA
- Goodbye, pepperoni pizza? New state law to ban some ultraprocessed foods from school meals Los Angeles Times
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