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Read. Follow. Verify.Oklahoma Bill Prohibits Specific Synthetic Food Dyes by Classifying Them as Adulterated
Last action · February 5, 2025: Referred to Rules
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What This Bill Proposed
Oklahoma House Bill 1264 classifies specific synthetic food dyes—including red dye 3, red dye 40, yellow dye 5, yellow dye 6, blue dye 1, and blue dye 2—as unsafe and food additives, effective November 1, 2025.
Producers and sellers using these six specific artificial colorings in food products sold within Oklahoma face legal prohibitions under state food tampering and adulteration statutes starting in late 2025.
- Food adulteration statutes generally govern what substances may be legally added to food products sold within a state's jurisdiction. context
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
food manufacturers
Food producers must remove or replace specified synthetic dyes in products sold within Oklahoma.
consumers in Oklahoma
Key Facts
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Frequently Asked Questions
Which food dyes are affected by House Bill 1264?
When does the ban on these food dyes become effective?
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · in House committee.
Procedural history
7 actions- Feb 5, 2025HouseCommitteeReferred to Rules
- Feb 5, 2025HouseCommitteeWithdrawn from Health and Human Services Oversight Committee
- Feb 5, 2025HouseCommitteeWithdrawn from Public Health Committee
- Feb 4, 2025HouseCommitteeReferred to Public Health
- Feb 4, 2025HouseCommitteeSecond Reading referred to Health and Human Services Oversight
- Feb 3, 2025HouseAuthored by Representative Hays
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- Feb 3, 2025HouseIntroducedFirst Reading
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Discoveries
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State-level Ban on Synthetic Food Colorings
The bill expands Oklahoma's adulterated food statute to proactively outlaw specific synthetic color additives by name.
Sources
www.oklegislature.gov
Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 65)
- Controversy50Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment10Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz40Current news / social attention level
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