YourVoice.Now Summary
Average Household ImpactCivil LibertiesTransparency & AccountabilityRequires FDA warning labels on sugary and ultra-processed foods and restricts junk-food ads aimed at kids.
Average Household Impact
- Food warning labels — FDA front-of-package warnings required on high-sugar, sweetener-containing, and ultra-processed foods
Civil Liberties
- Commercial advertising latitude — Marketing warning-labeled foods to children barred and enforceable as an unfair or deceptive practice
Transparency & Accountability
- Disclosure requirements — Mandatory front-of-package warnings and ad disclosures for high-sugar and ultra-processed foods
- FTC rulemaking authority — Restored over children's advertising by repealing a 1980 restriction
The details
Packaged foods and drinks high in sugar or made with certain additives would carry new front-of-package warning labels. This bill would require the FDA to put warnings on sugar-sweetened beverages, foods with non-sugar sweeteners, ultra-processed foods, and foods high in added sugar, saturated fat, or sodium. The warnings would use bold borders and icons and cover at least 5 percent of the front of the package, including on vending machines and online listings. The bill would also restrict marketing these foods to children. The Federal Trade Commission could treat child-directed 'junk food' advertising as an illegal unfair or deceptive practice. It defines child-directed ads as those using cartoon characters, influencers, celebrity athletes, free toys, or games, or ads running where children are at least 30 percent of the audience. The bill repeals a 1980 law that had blocked the FTC from writing children's advertising rules. Federal agencies would fund research and public education on nutrition. The National Institutes of Health would study ultra-processed foods and additives, backed by $60 million a year through 2030. The CDC would run a national nutrition and physical-activity campaign at $10 million a year. A National Academies panel would recommend how to define 'ultra-processed food,' and the FDA would receive $5 million a year to write and enforce the label rules.
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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