What foods go away under West Virginia's ban certain food dye?

Sam Gorski - NewsNation - 27/03
Although most of the bill does not go into effect until Jan. 1, 2028, what foods will eventually be pulled off store shelves across the state?

CLARKSBURG, W.Va. (WBOY) — West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey signed House Bill 2354 on Monday, which will ban the sale and manufacture of foods containing certain food dyes or preservatives in West Virginia.

Although most of the bill does not go into effect until Jan. 1, 2028, what foods will eventually be pulled off store shelves across the state?

What does House Bill 2354 actually do?

In West Virginia, the manufacture or sale of any “adulterated” food or drug in West Virginia is banned through §16-7-1 of the West Virginia state code. House Bill 2354 would classify any food or drug as adulterated if it contains any of the following food dyes or preservatives:

  • Blue No. 1
  • Blue No. 2
  • Green No. 3
  • Red No. 3
  • Red No. 40
  • Yellow No. 5
  • Yellow No. 6
  • butylated hydroxyanisole
  • Propylparaben

The ban on these chemicals would go into effect on Jan. 1, 2028, so retailers would have a little less than three years to find alternative products to sell instead, and producers would have the same amount of time to comply with the legislation if they wanted to keep selling their products in West Virginia.

The reasoning behind the ban on these dyes is that West Virginia lawmakers say they pose a c...
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