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The Texas food warning label (SB 25)
Texas does not ban the ingredients on its list. It asks for a sentence on the package, for labels designed from 2027, and a federal court has already narrowed who must print it.
Does the Texas warning apply to this label?
Texas SB 25 warning statement
Required by the law
| Label date entered | March 1, 2027 |
| Law covers labels from | January 1, 2027 |
| Status today: Enacted, a court order bars enforcement against some companies | |
| Ingredients named | 12 |
A federal court barred the Attorney General from enforcing the warning requirement against the four plaintiff trade associations (American Beverage Association, Consumer Brands Association, National Confectioners Association, FMI) and their members, on First Amendment grounds.
Senate Bill 25, signed on June 22, 2025, adds section 431.0815 to the Texas Health and Safety Code. A manufacturer of food sold in Texas must print a warning on the label when the food contains any of 44 listed ingredients that federal rules require to be named, among them Red 40, Red 3, Yellow 5, Yellow 6, Blue 1, Blue 2, Green 3, titanium dioxide, BHA, potassium bromate and propylparaben. The required text reads: "WARNING: This product contains an ingredient that is not recommended for human consumption by the appropriate authority in Australia, Canada, the European Union, or the United Kingdom." The duty applies only to labels developed or copyrighted on or after January 1, 2027. Restaurants, food prepared in a store, USDA-inspected meat and poultry, drugs and dietary supplements are outside it. The Attorney General enforces it, with penalties of up to $50,000 a day per product. On February 11, 2026, a federal court enjoined enforcement against four trade associations and their members.
Quick check: one dye, one state, today
Titanium dioxide in Texas, November 5, 2026
Banned in school food in Texas
| FDA | Allowed by FDA |
| SB 314 (89th Legislature, 2025), school food | In effect |
| SB 25 (89th Legislature, 2025), package label: Enacted, a court order bars enforcement against some companies | |
Legal status only, not health advice.
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Which labels are covered
The trigger is the label's date, not the product's. A product whose label was developed or copyrighted before January 1, 2027 can keep that label without the warning, even when sold after that date. A new label, or a redesigned one, falls under the rule if the food contains a listed ingredient that must be named in the ingredient list. The date tool at the top of this page applies that test.
The ingredients tracked here
Of the 44 ingredients in the law, 12 are tracked on this site: BHA, Blue 1, Blue 2, Citrus Red 2, Green 3, Potassium bromate, Propylparaben, Red 3, Red 40, Titanium dioxide, Yellow 5 and Yellow 6. The others include additives such as azodicarbonamide, which this site does not track; the Texas page gives the law's scope. The ingredient checker reads the 12 tracked ones.
Quick check: one dye, one state, today
Titanium dioxide in Texas, November 5, 2026
Banned in school food in Texas
| FDA | Allowed by FDA |
| SB 314 (89th Legislature, 2025), school food | In effect |
| SB 25 (89th Legislature, 2025), package label: Enacted, a court order bars enforcement against some companies | |
Legal status only, not health advice.
The court case
Four trade associations sued in the federal court for the Western District of Texas, arguing that compelling the statement violates the First Amendment. On February 11, 2026, the court granted a preliminary injunction for the plaintiffs and their members. We could not open the order at the court: its terms here are as reported by counsel for the industry, and we found no appellate decision as of November 1, 2026. The state health department, DSHS, adopted implementing rules published in the Texas Register on February 20, 2026.
When the warning ends
Section 431.0817 provides that the warning stops being required for an ingredient once the FDA or USDA regulates it in a way that covers the same ground. For Red 3, the federal order removing it from food from January 15, 2027 makes the question mostly moot. Louisiana has a related but different rule: a QR code disclosure from December 31, 2028, described on the Louisiana page.