Exhibit 578

Assembly Bill 1264 (Gabriel), Chapter 467, Statutes of 2025: Pupil nutrition: restricted school foods and ultraprocessed foods of concern

Exhibit 578 · State statute

Assembly Bill 1264 (Gabriel), Chapter 467, Statutes of 2025: Pupil nutrition: restricted school foods and ultraprocessed foods of concern

“ultraprocessed food” or “UPF” means any food or beverage that contains a substance described in paragraph (2) and either high amounts of saturated fat, sodium, or added sugar, as described in subparagraph (A) of paragraph (3), or a nonnutritive sweetener or other substance described in subparagraph (B) of paragraph (3).

Defines 'ultraprocessed food' for school food by a substance test (any substance in FDA's Substances Added to Food database with one of eight listed technical effects, such as emulsifiers, stabilizers, colors or flavoring agents) combined with a nutrient test or a listed sweetener. The Department of Public Health must define 'ultraprocessed foods of concern' by regulation by 1 June 2028; phase-out begins by 1 July 2029 and vendor sales end 1 July 2032.

Source: State of California
Date: 8 October 2025
Quoted from: Cal. Health & Safety Code sec. 104661(a)(1) (added by sec. 8)
Grade: Primary record
Document: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1264
Archived: https://web.archive.org/web/20260904131500/https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1264
Accessed: 2026-11-09
Cited by: Findings citing this exhibit

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Finding AGR-1.14: Primary record California's AB 1264 (approved 8 October 2025) defines ultraprocessed food for school food by reference to a substance in FDA's Substances Added to Food database with one of eight listed technical effects, plus a nutrient threshold or a listed sweetener. On 11 February 2026 a federal court enjoined enforcement of Texas SB 25's warning-label requirement against four trade associations, including the Consumer Brands Association, and their members.
Finding AGR-1.16: Open question Whether California's database-based definition of ultraprocessed food reaches additives marketed on independent GRAS conclusions is unanswered. The definition relies on FDA's Substances Added to Food database, and FDA states that it has "little, if any, information on independent conclusions of GRAS status."