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Louisiana food dye and additive law (SB 14)
Louisiana combined a school rule, a QR code on packages and a restaurant notice in one 2025 law, then moved its label date back a year later.
Is this dye or additive banned in your state?
FD&C Red No. 40 in Louisiana, November 5, 2026
Out of school food from the 2028-2029 school year
| FDA | Allowed by FDA Listed for use in food. FDA asked industry in April 2025 to stop using it voluntarily; its tracker names the end of 2027 as the target. No revocation order. |
| school food | Enacted, not yet in effect SB 14 (2025), from the 2028-2029 school year. |
| package label | Enacted, not yet in effect SB 14 (2025), from December 31, 2028. |
FD&C Red No. 40, E129, CAS 25956-17-6. School rules cover food served or sold to students, not grocery shelves. Legal status only, not health advice.
All dye and additive rules in LouisianaSenate Bill 14 became Act 463 of 2025, signed on June 20, 2025. Its school part, at R.S. 17:197.2, bars public schools and state-funded nonpublic schools from serving breakfast, lunch or aftercare food containing the seven certified dyes or a list of other additives including BHA, BHT, potassium bromate, propylparaben, aspartame and sucralose, starting with the 2028-2029 school year. Vending and concessions are outside it. Its label part, at R.S. 40:661, requires manufacturers to disclose through a QR code on the package any of a list of ingredients, the dyes among them, that federal law requires them to list. A 2026 law, Act 735, signed on June 1, 2026, set that requirement to begin on December 31, 2028 and took acesulfame potassium off the lists. A violation of the label part is treated under the state sanitary code. The same act also asks restaurants that cook in seed oils to say so, from 2028.
How long until a state rule starts?
Louisiana, SB 14 (2025) (school food)
604 days left
| Starts | the 2028-2029 school year |
| Covers | 10 dyes or additives |
| Status today | Enacted, not yet in effect |
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A disclosure, not a ban
The QR code requirement does not stop a product with Red 40 from being sold in Louisiana: it adds a link to a statement about the ingredient. It is closer to the Texas warning than to the California ban. Because the school rule starts with the 2028-2029 school year, Louisiana is among the last of the enacted laws to take effect.
The restaurant notice about seed oils is outside the subject of this site and is not shown in the tables.
Louisiana rules on dyes and additives
| Law | Scope | Substances | From | Status today | Enforcement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SB 14 (2025) | school food | Blue 1, Blue 2, Green 3, Red 3, Red 40, Yellow 5, Yellow 6, BHA, Potassium bromate and Propylparaben | the 2028-2029 school year | Enacted, not yet in effect | not stated |
| SB 14 (2025) | package label | BHA, Blue 1, Blue 2, Citrus Red 2, Green 3, Potassium bromate, Propylparaben, Red 3, Red 40, Yellow 5 and Yellow 6 | December 31, 2028 | Enacted, not yet in effect | Violation of the state Sanitary Code. |
Each tracked substance in Louisiana
| Substance | FDA | All food sold | School food | Label |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red 40 | Allowed by FDA | no | Enacted, not yet in effect (the 2028-2029 school year) | Enacted, not yet in effect (December 31, 2028) |
| Red 3 | FDA ban ordered, not yet in effect | no | Enacted, not yet in effect (the 2028-2029 school year) | Enacted, not yet in effect (December 31, 2028) |
| Yellow 5 | Allowed by FDA | no | Enacted, not yet in effect (the 2028-2029 school year) | Enacted, not yet in effect (December 31, 2028) |
| Yellow 6 | Allowed by FDA | no | Enacted, not yet in effect (the 2028-2029 school year) | Enacted, not yet in effect (December 31, 2028) |
| Blue 1 | Allowed by FDA | no | Enacted, not yet in effect (the 2028-2029 school year) | Enacted, not yet in effect (December 31, 2028) |
| Blue 2 | Allowed by FDA | no | Enacted, not yet in effect (the 2028-2029 school year) | Enacted, not yet in effect (December 31, 2028) |
| Green 3 | Allowed by FDA | no | Enacted, not yet in effect (the 2028-2029 school year) | Enacted, not yet in effect (December 31, 2028) |
| Citrus Red 2 | Still allowed; FDA proposed a ban | no | no | Enacted, not yet in effect (December 31, 2028) |
| Orange B | Banned nationwide by FDA | no | no | no |
| BVO | Banned nationwide by FDA | no | no | no |
| Potassium bromate | Allowed by FDA | no | Enacted, not yet in effect (the 2028-2029 school year) | Enacted, not yet in effect (December 31, 2028) |
| Propylparaben | Allowed by FDA | no | Enacted, not yet in effect (the 2028-2029 school year) | Enacted, not yet in effect (December 31, 2028) |
| Titanium dioxide | Allowed by FDA | no | no | no |
| BHA | Allowed by FDA | no | Enacted, not yet in effect (the 2028-2029 school year) | Enacted, not yet in effect (December 31, 2028) |