California is cracking down on Flamin’ Hot Cheetos and Twinkies
California is cracking down on Flamin’ Hot Cheetos and Twinkies
State lawmakers have voted to ban chemicals used in both snacks from school lunchrooms.
State lawmakers on Thursday voted to prohibit California schools from serving food additives used in Flamin’ Hot Cheetos, Twinkies and other fluorescent snacks. The move, backers argue, is necessary to limit intake of dyes that have been linked to worsened behavioral issues in kids who have attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD.
“California has a responsibility to protect our students from chemicals that harm children and interfere with their ability to learn,” Democratic Assemblymember Jesse Gabriel, the author of the bill, said in a statement. “As a lawmaker, a parent, and someone who struggled with ADHD, I find it unacceptable that we allow schools to serve foods with additives that are linked to hyperactivity and neurobehavioral harms.”
Addressing conservative criticism, Newsom attached to his signing message a bag of the candy that was produced in Europe, where manufacturers tweaked their recipes when the European Union banned the same chemical.
