The Lacuna Project

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Agency

California Department of Public Health

Findings that rest on exhibits naming this entity

  • AGR-1.14: California's AB 1264 (approved 8 October 2025) defines ultraprocessed food for school food by reference to a substance in FDA's Substances Added to Food database with one of eight listed technical effects, plus a nutrient threshold or a listed sweetener. On 11 February 2026 a federal court enjoined enforcement of Texas SB 25's warning-label requirement against four trade associations, including the Consumer Brands Association, and their members.
  • AGR-1.16: Whether California's database-based definition of ultraprocessed food reaches additives marketed on independent GRAS conclusions is unanswered. The definition relies on FDA's Substances Added to Food database, and FDA states that it has "little, if any, information on independent conclusions of GRAS status."

Exhibits naming this entity

  • Exhibit 578 8 October 2025. State of California: Assembly Bill 1264 (Gabriel), Chapter 467, Statutes of 2025: Pupil nutrition: restricted school foods and ultraprocessed foods of concern