Overview

• Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. joined Gov. Greg Abbott in Austin to promote the newly signed "Make Texas Healthy Again" measures.
• Abbott signed three bills last week, with most provisions set to begin statewide enforcement on Monday.
• Texas will prohibit the use of SNAP benefits to purchase soda and candy, redirecting public assistance away from sugary products.
• Schools participating in federal meal programs must stop serving foods containing specified additives, and the state increases physical and health education requirements, including a mandatory high school nutrition course.
• Food manufacturers will be required by Jan. 1, 2027, to place warnings on products sold in Texas that contain ingredients not recommended in the U.K., EU, Canada or Australia, including Red Dye 40, BHA, propylparaben and synthetic trans fats.