Kansas - Session 2025-2026
Title: HB2425 - Determining food that contains specific color additives to be adulterated.
AN ACT concerning public health; relating to the Kansas food, drug and cosmetic act; determining food containing specific food or color additives to be adulterated; prohibiting the use of adulterated food as an ingredient in any meal provided by schools as part of certain food service programs; providing certain exceptions for foods adulterated by specific food or color additives, including sales of less than $5,000; determining drugs containing synthetic color additives to be adulterated; providing that the processing, storage or distribution of any drug containing synthetic color additives is subject to a civil penalty in an amount not more than $500,000 per violation and is a drug severity level 5 felony; amending K.S.A. 65-657, 65-664, 65-668 and 65-682 and repealing the existing sections.
| Date | Event | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-08 | Introduced | Bill introduced |
| 2026-01-12 | Status | in_committee |
| 2026-01-12 | Latest Action | Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services |
| Bill | Title | Status |
|---|---|---|
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