House File 2100 - Introduced



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  PETERSEN, WISE, and
                                           BERRY


    Passed House,  Date               Passed Senate, Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to nutritional guidelines for food and beverages
  2    sold on school grounds.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 5880YH 82
  5 kh/nh/24

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 256.7, Code Supplement 2007, is amended
  1  2 by adding the following new subsection:
  1  3    NEW SUBSECTION.  29.  Prescribe nutritional guidelines for
  1  4 food and beverages sold on public school district grounds or
  1  5 on the grounds of nonpublic schools receiving funds under
  1  6 section 283A.10.  The state board shall prohibit the use of
  1  7 trans fatty acids and partially hydrogenated vegetable oil in
  1  8 school breakfast or lunch programs and shall prohibit the sale
  1  9 of food and beverages that contain trans fatty acids or
  1 10 partially hydrogenated vegetable oil on public school district
  1 11 grounds or on the grounds of nonpublic schools receiving funds
  1 12 under section 283A.10.
  1 13                           EXPLANATION
  1 14    This bill requires the state board of education to prohibit
  1 15 the use of trans fatty acids and partially hydrogenated
  1 16 vegetable oil in school meal programs and to prohibit the sale
  1 17 of foods and beverages that contain trans fatty acids or
  1 18 partially hydrogenated vegetable oil on the grounds of schools
  1 19 that receive federal meal program funding.  The bill also
  1 20 requires the state board to prescribe nutritional guidelines
  1 21 for food and beverages sold on the school grounds.
  1 22 LSB 5880YH 82
  1 23 kh/nh/24