EFB - Prohibited Food Additives
Date Adopted: 10 September 2025
Current Review / Revision: 10 September 2025
Definitions—
1. “FD&C” means the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetics Act as implemented in 21 CFR Part 74.
2. “Prohibited food additive” means any of the following:
a. Potassium bromate;
b. Propylparaben;
c. FD&C Blue No. 1;
d. FD&C Blue No. 2;
e. FD&C Green No. 3;
f. FD&C Red No. 3;
g. FD&C Red No. 40;
h. FD&C Yellow No. 5; or
i. FD&C Yellow No. 6.
3. “School day” means the portion of a day that school is in session in which a school-age child is required to be in school for the purposes of receiving instruction.
Utah Code § 53G-9-205.2(1), (2)(a) (2025)
Utah Code § 53G-6-201(8) (2025)
Prohibited Food Additives During the School Day—
Beginning with the 2026-2027 school year, and subject to the exceptions outlined below, neither any District school nor any person may during the school day sell, donate, offer, or serve on school grounds food that contains a prohibited food additive.
However, food with prohibited food additives may be sold in a vending machine or as a concession item at a school-sponsored event or extracurricular activity. In addition, a student’s parent may provide students with such food during the school day, and a teacher may provide students with such food if the teacher obtains permission from the students’ parents at the start of each school semester.