2011 California Code
Education Code
TITLE 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION [33000 - 64100]
ARTICLE 2.5. The Pupil Nutrition, Health, and Achievement Act of 2001
Section 49431.7
(a) Commencing on July 1, 2009, a school or school district, through a vending machine or school food service establishment during school hours and one-half of an hour before and after school hours, shall not make available to pupils enrolled in kindergarten, or any of grades 1 to 12, inclusive, food containing artificial trans fat, as defined in subdivision (b), or use food containing artificial trans fat in the preparation of a food item served to those pupils.
(b) For purposes of this section, a food contains artificial trans fat if a food contains vegetable shortening, margarine, or any kind of partially hydrogenated vegetable oil, unless the manufacturer s documentation or the label required on the food, pursuant to applicable federal and state law, lists the trans fat content as less than 0.5 grams of trans fat per serving.
(c) For purposes of this section, school food service establishment means a place that regularly sells or serves a food item or meal on a school campus.
(d) This section does not apply to food provided as part of a USDA meal program.
(Amended by Stats. 2008, Ch. 179, Sec. 49. Effective January 1, 2009.)
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