Tex. Education Code § 33.9011
This is the official text of Tex. Education Code § 33.9011, part of Texas’s Education Code — governs public schools and universities in Texas.
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§ 33.9011. PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN ADDITIVES IN FREE OR REDUCED-PRICE MEALS.
Official statutory text
(a) In this section:
(1) "National school breakfast program" means the national school breakfast program under the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. Section 1773).
(2) "National school lunch program" means the national school lunch program of free or reduced-price lunches under 42 U.S.C. Section 1751 et seq.
(b) A school district or open-enrollment charter school that provides free or reduced-price meals to eligible students under Section 33.901, the national school breakfast program, or the national school lunch program may not provide as part of a free or reduced-price meal any food that contains the following substances:
(1) brominated vegetable oil (BVO);
(2) potassium bromate;
(3) propylparaben;
(4) azodicarbonamide;
(5) butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA);
(6) red 3 (CAS 16423-68-0);
(7) red 40 (CAS 25956-17-6);
(8) yellow 5 (CAS 1934-21-0);
(9) yellow 6 (CAS 2783-94-0);
(10) blue 1 (CAS 3844-45-9);
(11) blue 2 (CAS 860-22-0);
(12) green 3 (CAS 2353-45-9);
(13) citrus red 3 (CAS 6358-53-8);
(14) orange B (CAS 15139-76-1);
(15) INS No. 150c/ammonia caramel (Class III);
(16) INS No. 150d/sulfite ammonia caramel (Class IV);
(17) titanium dioxide; or
(18) any additive that is substantially similar to an additive specified in Subdivisions (1) through (17).
(c) A school district or open-enrollment charter school that receives a waiver under Section 7.056 is not in violation of this section.
(1) "National school breakfast program" means the national school breakfast program under the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. Section 1773).
(2) "National school lunch program" means the national school lunch program of free or reduced-price lunches under 42 U.S.C. Section 1751 et seq.
(b) A school district or open-enrollment charter school that provides free or reduced-price meals to eligible students under Section 33.901, the national school breakfast program, or the national school lunch program may not provide as part of a free or reduced-price meal any food that contains the following substances:
(1) brominated vegetable oil (BVO);
(2) potassium bromate;
(3) propylparaben;
(4) azodicarbonamide;
(5) butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA);
(6) red 3 (CAS 16423-68-0);
(7) red 40 (CAS 25956-17-6);
(8) yellow 5 (CAS 1934-21-0);
(9) yellow 6 (CAS 2783-94-0);
(10) blue 1 (CAS 3844-45-9);
(11) blue 2 (CAS 860-22-0);
(12) green 3 (CAS 2353-45-9);
(13) citrus red 3 (CAS 6358-53-8);
(14) orange B (CAS 15139-76-1);
(15) INS No. 150c/ammonia caramel (Class III);
(16) INS No. 150d/sulfite ammonia caramel (Class IV);
(17) titanium dioxide; or
(18) any additive that is substantially similar to an additive specified in Subdivisions (1) through (17).
(c) A school district or open-enrollment charter school that receives a waiver under Section 7.056 is not in violation of this section.
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