Food industry groups sue Texas over ingredient warning labels
Dec 8 (Reuters) - Food industry trade groups have sued Texas over a new state law that requires warning labels for ingredients like food dyes and preservatives, saying that the new labels violate companies’ free speech rights and risk confusing customers.
The plaintiffs, which include the American Beverage Association and Food Industry Association, asked a federal judge on Friday to block a part of Texas Senate Bill 25, also known as “Make Texas Healthy Again,” which was signed into law in June.
Section 9 of the law requires food manufacturers to include warning labels on products that include 44 listed ingredients, including artificial additives, dyes and chemicals, informing customers that governments in Australia, Canada, the European Union, or the United Kingdom have labeled the ingredients as “not recommended for human consumption.”
The food industry groups argue that the proposed warning labels, which will be required starting in January 2027, are “false and misleading.” The foreign governments cited in the Texas labeling law do not categorically describe the listed ingredients as "not recommended for human consumption," and they allow many of them to be used in food, according to the lawsuit.
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/food-industry-groups-sue-texas-over-ingredient-warning-labels-2025-12-08/