H.R. 2530 explained · 119th Congress · Pending in Congress
Healthy Lunch for Healthy Kids Act
Cosponsors: none · per Congress.gov, 2026-10-12
Introduced: 2025-04-01
Latest action (2025-04-01): Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
What H.R. 2530 does, in plain terms
Healthy Lunch for Healthy Kids Act This bill prohibits school lunches served by schools participating in the National School Lunch Program from including ultraprocessed foods and foods that contain specific additives, including several food dyes. Specifically, the minimum nutrition requirements under the program must prohibit ultraprocessed foods and foods containing (1) potassium bromate, (2) propylparaben, (3) titanium dioxide, (4) brominated vegetable oil, or (5) specific food dyes (e.g., yellow dyes 5 or 6).
Official summary by the Congressional Research Service, via Congress.gov.
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