MADISON, Wis. (WSAW) - The Wisconsin Senate Committee on Health will hold a public hearing Wednesday to discuss five bills, including one that would limit certain ingredients in free or reduced-price school lunches.

The bill text states:

This bill prohibits school boards and independent charter schools from providing food that contains brominated vegetable oil, potassium bromate, propylparaben, azodicarbonamide, or red dye 3 to pupils as part of free or reduced-price meals provided under the National School Lunch Program or the federal School Breakfast Program. The bill does not prohibit school boards and independent charter schools from allowing private vendors to serve food containing any of those ingredients on school premises or at school-sponsored activities.

Brominated Vegetable O

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