Today, Louisiana governor Jeff Landry signed S.B. 14 in a public event attended by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. As we previously reported, S.B. 14 imposes (1) disclosure requirements for any food product sold in the state that contains any of 40+ specified ingredients, and (2) a ban on the use of 15+ specified ingredients in school meals. The disclosure provision requires the labels of human food products that contain any of the listed ingredients to include a QR code that links to a web page under the control of the manufacturer. That web page must bear the following disclaimer in a prominent location: “NOTICE: This product contains [insert ingredient here]. For more information about this ingredient, including FDA approvals, click HERE,” linking to FDA’s web page regarding food chemical safety. See our previous alert for more information regarding the details of S.B. 14.
Under Louisiana law, S.B. 14 officially became law on June 25, 2025, although the ingredient disclosure requirements and ban of certain ingredients in school meals will not come into effect until 2028. Today’s bill-signing event, named the “MAHA LA Official Bill Signing” by Protect Louisiana Values, an organization that advocates for Governor Landry’s policy agenda, ceremoniously signals Louisiana’s alignment with President Trump’s Make America Healthy Again (“MAHA”) policies. Indeed, earlier this year, Sen. Patrick McMath, who sponsored S.B. 14, said that he worked with Secretary Kennedy and the Trump administration to craft the bill.
Louisiana joins a growing list of states that have passed legislation banning or requiring disclosures for certain food and color additives.
If you have any questions concerning the material discussed in this client alert, please contact the members of our Food, Beverage, and Dietary Supplements practice.
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