11-NEW Prohibited Ingredient List-Clean Label UPDATED 8.11.25.pdf
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- School Delivery Fresh Dairy Products & Juice (District-Wide Delivery) for Food and Child Nutrition Services
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- AJ-250035
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- Dallas County, Texas
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This is a Clean Label Requirement document issued by Dallas ISD Food and Child Nutrition Services in conjunction with a Request for Proposal for School Delivery Fresh Dairy Products & Juice (District-Wide Delivery). The document establishes prohibited ingredient standards for all food product submissions in compliance with Legislative Bill #314 and federal USDA requirements. The RFP seeks vendors to supply fresh dairy products and juice on a district-wide, as-needed basis, with contract terms of one year with two successive one-year renewal options, not to exceed three years total. Either party must provide ninety days' written notice prior to contract expiration if they do not intend to renew. All vendors are encouraged to participate, including sole source providers, and the procurement is conducted in accordance with Title 2 of the Code of Federal Regulations Part 200, USDA, and Texas Department of Agriculture requirements.
The prohibited ingredient list specifies that food products cannot contain artificial colors (including synthetic food dyes and titanium dioxide), artificial flavors, monosodium glutamate, certain antioxidants (BHA, BHT, propyl gallate, propyl paraben, TBHQ), emulsifiers (BVO, CMC, polysorbates), non-preferred sweeteners (high fructose corn syrup, aspartame, saccharin, sugar alcohols, stevia extracts), flour treatment agents (azodicarbonamide, bromated flour, potassium bromate/iodate), mycoprotein, or BPA in packaging. For products containing caramel color, vendors must specify the caramel class upon bid submission, as the FDA does not mandate this specification on ingredient labels. The proposal may utilize local, state, federal, and grant-funded programs for purchasing these products.
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Clean Label Requirement Updates 2025
The table below contains a list of non-preferred ingredients in line with Legislative Bill #314. Food and Child Nutrition Services reserves the right to accept or not accept a product based on the product’s ingredient list.
Products submitted should not contain any of the following ingredients:
NON-PREFERRED INGREDIENTS
INGREDIENTS INDUSTRY NAME
Artificial Colors Synthetic Food Dyes (Blue 1, Blue 2, Green 3, Red 3, Red 40, Yellow 5, Yellow 6, Citrus Red 3, Orange B), Caramel Color CL3-4, Color additive Titanium dioxide (TiO2)
Artificial Flavors Any & All Additives Considered Artificial and unspecified natural flavors, Monosodium Glutamate (MSG)
ANTIOXIDANTS
BHA Butylated Hydroxyanisole (BHA) BHT Butylated Hydroxytoluene (BHT) Propyl Gallate Propyl 3, 4, 5 Trihydroxybenzoate Propyl Paraben Propyl 4-hydroxybenzoate TBHQ Tertiary Butylhydroquinone (TBHQ)
EMULSIFIERS
BVO Brominated Vegetable Oils (BVO) CMC Carboxymethylcellulose (CMC), Polysorbates
SWEETNERS
HFCS High Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS) NutraSweet Aspartame Stevia Rebaudioside Stevia Extracts Sweet' n Low Saccharin
Sugar Alcohols Erythritol, Lycosin, Lactitol, Maltitol, Sorbitol, Xylitol, Hydrogenated Starch Hydrolysate (HSH), etc.
FLOUR/FLOUR ADDITIVES
Flour Treatment Agents Azodicarbonamide (ADA), Bromated Flour/Potassium Bromate, Potassium Iodate
MEAT ALTERNATIVE PRODUCTS
Meat alternative products Mycoprotein
CHEMICALS USED IN PACKAGING
Bisphenol A (BPA) Appears in polycarbonate plastics used in food and drink packaging and in coatings on metal food cans and bottle tops
**Regarding Caramel Color Class III and Class IV, the FDA does not mandate specifying the class of caramel coloring in the ingredient list. Questions & Answers About 4-MEI | FDA
For all food bid submissions that contain caramel color as an ingredient, vendors must specify the Caramel Class upon bid submission for FCNS to properly review and assess compliance of specifications.
https://www.fda.gov/food/food-additives-petitions/questions-answers-about-4-mei#:%7E:text=No.,do%20not%20contain%204%2DMEI.
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