HB 2125 Summary: State Food Standards

• Requires the Department of Health Services to establish a food standards task force within three months to develop nutritional standards for foods purchased, prepared, served, or sold by state agencies and on state property, with standards finalized within 12 months.

• State food standards must comply with federal dietary guidelines, support breast-feeding in the workplace, and include recommendations for locally grown food products where feasible.

• Applies food standards to state government buildings, meetings and conferences funded by state agencies, parks, child care facilities, hospitals, correctional facilities, universities, homeless shelters, and senior centers.

• Requires menu labeling showing calorie content for standard menu items sold on government property by non-chain restaurants (those with fewer than 20 national outlets), with additional nutritional information available upon request.

• Establishes an automatic program termination date of July 1, 2025, and provides that the task force ends July 1, 2023.