YourVoice.Now Summary
Transparency & AccountabilityCivil LibertiesCorporate BenefitsFDA warning labels would go on sugary and ultra-processed foods, and ads for them could not target kids.
Transparency & Accountability
Sugary drinks, foods with added sweeteners, and ultra-processed foods would each get an FDA warning. So would foods high in added sugar, saturated fat, or sodium. The warnings would also show up on vending machines and in online listings.
Any ad for a food that needs a warning label would have to show it. The Federal Trade Commission would enforce that rule.
A food that must carry a warning could not also claim health benefits on the package. Claims like low fat would be off limits too.
The National Institutes of Health would hold a public meeting on nutrition within a year. Meetings would repeat every five years. Most invited experts could not have money ties to food makers, and each report would go online.
Civil Liberties
Marketing these foods to children under 13 would be illegal. That includes ads with cartoon characters, free toys, games, or influencers. It also covers ads where kids are at least 30 percent of the audience.
A 1980 law barred the Federal Trade Commission from writing rules on ads aimed at children. Repealing it would let the agency write those rules again. The power would cover any product, not just food.
Corporate Benefits
The sugary-drink warning would skip milk products and alcohol. It would also skip plain juice, baby formula, and medical drinks. A sweetened milk drink could still need a High in added sugar label.
More about this bill
Sugary drinks and many packaged foods would carry a warning on the front of the package. The warning would cover drinks with added sugar and foods made with sweeteners like stevia or aspartame. It would also cover ultra-processed foods and foods high in sugar, saturated fat, or sodium. Each warning would take up at least 5 percent of the front panel. The same warnings would show up on vending machines and in online listings. Foods that need a warning could no longer make health claims on the label. Ads for these foods aimed at children under 13 would become illegal. That covers cartoon characters, free toys, contests, games, and paid social media influencers. It also covers ads where children make up at least 30 percent of the audience. Every ad for a warning-label food would have to show the warning. These ad rules would start one year after the bill became law. The Federal Trade Commission would enforce them. A 1980 law that blocked the agency from writing children's ad rules would be repealed. Federal health agencies would also get money for nutrition research and public education. The National Institutes of Health would get $60 million a year through 2030 to study ultra-processed foods. It would also hold public meetings on nutrition. Most experts at those meetings could not have financial ties to food makers. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention would get $10 million a year for a healthy eating campaign. The FDA would get $5 million a year to write and enforce the label rules. A National Academies panel would have one year to recommend how to define ultra-processed food.
Congressional Summary
Childhood Diabetes Reduction Act of 2025This bill requires health warnings on labels and in advertisements for food and beverages that are sweetened, processed, or contain a high level of certain nutrients, and it prohibits specifically advertising such products to children. It also expands research and outreach on proper nutrition.The bill requires various Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warnings on labels for (1) sugar-sweetened beverages, (2) food and beverages with non-sugar sweeteners, (3) ultra-processed food and beverages (as defined by the FDA based on recommendations from the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine), and (4) food and beverages with certain nutrients (e.g., sugar, saturated fat, sodium) at levels that increase health risks. These warnings must contain specified information regarding the risks of developing certain health conditions (e.g., diabetes); warnings for sugar-sweetened beverages and for non-sugar sweetened food and beverages must specifically say that these products are not recommended for children. Additionally, the bill prohibits marketing or advertising these products to children under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, which is primarily enforced by the FDA. Further, marketing or advertising these products to children, or without the required warnings, is considered an unfair or deceptive trade practice that is subject to action by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). The bill specifically restores the FTC's statutory authority to regulate advertising targeting children (this authority was removed in 1980).Finally, the bill expands research on nutrition science and requires a public education campaign about nutrition and the new warning labels.
Details
- Congress
- 119th
- Chamber
- House
- Status
- summarized
- Action
- Introduced in House
- Action Date
- 2025-11-25
- Date Added
- 2026-07-22
- Source
- Congress.gov →
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