AB550: Bill Text

2025 - 2026 LEGISLATURE

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2025 ASSEMBLY BILL 550

October 15, 2025 - Introduced by Representatives Moses, Goodwin, O'Connor, Wichgers, Behnke and Miresse, cosponsored by Senators Cabral-Guevara and Nass. Referred to Committee on Consumer Protection.

AB550,1,2 An Act to create 97.26 of the statutes; relating to: the disclosure of certain ingredients in food and providing a penalty.

Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill requires a person that manufactures packaged food intended for human consumption for distribution or sale in this state to label the packaged food products with warning labels that disclose the use or existence of any of a list of ingredients in the food product, including certain color additives, synthetic antioxidants, solvents, sweeteners, stabilizers, thickeners, and preservatives. The warning labels must be prominent, in high contrast to their immediate backgrounds, and in a reasonably visible location, and include the statement “WARNING: This product contains an artificial color, chemical, or food additive that is banned in Australia, Canada, the European Union, or the United Kingdom.”

A person that violates a provision of the bill maybe subject to a criminal penalty that may range from $100 to $5,000 or up to one year imprisonment, or both. In lieu of the criminal penalty, a violator may be subject to a civil penalty of not more than $1,000 for each violation.

For further information see the state and local fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.

Because this bill creates a new crime or revises a penalty for an existing crime, the Joint Review Committee on Criminal Penalties may be requested to prepare a report.

The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:

AB550,1 Section 1. 97.26 of the statutes is created to read:

AB550,2,6 97.26 (1) Food product ingredient disclosure requirements. (a) A person that manufactures a packaged food product for distribution or sale in this state shall label each packaged food product intended for human consumption that it manufactures with a warning label that discloses the use or existence of any of the following ingredients in the food product:

AB550,2,7 1. Acesulfame potassium.

AB550,2,8 2. Acetic acid ester, or acetylated esters of mono and diglycerides.

AB550,2,9 3. Activated charcoal.

AB550,2,10 4. Anisole.

AB550,2,11 5. Atrazine.

AB550,2,12 6. Azodicarbonamide.

AB550,2,13 7. Butylated hydroxyanisole.

AB550,2,14 8. Butylated hydroxytoluene.

AB550,2,15 9. Bleached flour.

AB550,2,16 10. Bromated flour.

AB550,2,17 11. Calcium bromate.

AB550,2,18 12. Canthaxanthin.

AB550,2,19 13. Carrageenan.

AB550,2,20 14. Diacetyl.

AB550,2,21 15. Diacetyl tartaric and fatty acid esters of mono- and diglycerides.

AB550,2,22 16. Dimethylamylamine.

AB550,3,1 17. Dioctyl sodium sulfosuccinate.

AB550,3,2 18. Ficin.

AB550,3,3 19. Interesterified palm oil.

AB550,3,4 20. Interesterified soybean oil.

AB550,3,5 21. Lactylated fatty acid esters of glycerol and propylene glycol.

AB550,3,6 22. Lye.

AB550,3,7 23. Melatonin.

AB550,3,8 24. Morpholine.

AB550,3,9 25. Olestra.

AB550,3,10 26. Partially hydrogenated oil.

AB550,3,11 27. Potassium aluminum sulfate.

AB550,3,12 28. Potassium bromate.

AB550,3,13 29. Potassium iodate.

AB550,3,14 30. Potassium sorbate.

AB550,3,15 31. Propylene oxide.

AB550,3,16 32. Propylparaben.

AB550,3,17 33. Sodium aluminum sulfate.

AB550,3,18 34. Sodium lauryl sulfate.

AB550,3,19 35. Sodium stearyl fumarate.

AB550,3,20 36. Stearyl tartrate.

AB550,3,21 37. Synthetic or artificial vanillin.

AB550,3,22 38. Synthetic trans fatty acid, or artificial trans fat.

AB550,3,23 39. Thiodipropionic acid.

AB550,3,24 40. Titanium dioxide.

AB550,4,1 41. Toluene.