A new bill filed in Florida seeks to ban additives in food products.
Senate Bill 560 and its partner House Bill 595 would stop restaurants or other businesses that sell food products from making, selling or distributing food containing nine specific chemical additives beginning on Jan. 1 2028.
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Those additives include:
- Brominated vegetable oil
- Potassium bromate
- Propylparaben
- Red dye 3
- Blue dye 1
- Yellow dye 5
- Benzidine
- Butylated hydroxyanisole
- Butylated hydroxytoluene
State Senator Jonathan Martin filed the bill last week, and posted a statement to X, formerly known as Twitter saying: “Some chemicals cause cancer. They have no place in our food. Period.”
Last month, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration banned Red dye 3 from the nation’s food supply, setting deadlines for eliminating the additive from candies and cough syrup, baked goods and frozen treats.
If any of the bills pass, they would go into effect on July 1.