A 4008: Prohibits the sale of food containing Red Dye 3 and Red Dye 40 in public schools from the beginning of the day until the last scheduled meal period.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4008 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY January 30, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to prohibiting the sale of food containing Red Dye 3 and Red Dye 40 in certain schools The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 915-a 2 to read as follows: 3 § 915-a. Prohibiting the sale of foods containing Red Dye 3 and Red 4 Dye 40. From the beginning of the school day until the end of the last 5 scheduled meal period, no foods or beverages containing Red Dye 3 or Red 6 Dye 40, shall be sold in any public school within the state. 7 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after 8 it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD06808-01-5