SHREVEPORT, La. (KSLA) - A Louisiana bill changing what food is served in schools is headed to Governor Jeff Landry’s desk.

Senate Bill 14, which was written by Sen. Patrick McMath, creates a list of banned ingredients in food served at public schools (and some private schools that receive state funding) across the state. The bill does not however address food and drinks in vending machines at schools.

The bill bans the following ingredients:

Blue dye 1

Blue dye 2

Green dye 3

Red dye 3

Red dye 40

Yellow dye 5

Yellow dye 6

Azodicarbonamide

Butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA)

Butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT)

Potassium bromate

Propylparaben

Acesulfame potassium

Sucralose

The bill also requires schools to buy food produced in Louisiana to the “extent practicable.”

In addition to ban

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