Louisiana SB 14

Louisiana Senate Bill 14, enacted as Act 463 of the 2025 Regular Session, requires manufacturers of certain food products sold for human consumption in Louisiana to disclose any of 44 listed ingredients via a QR code on the package. The labeling requirement takes effect for products manufactured on or after January 1, 2028.

Not legal advice. This summary is provided for engineering and operations teams configuring Closient. The statutory text is the controlling authority. Verify the ingredient list, effective dates, and exemption scope against the enrolled bill and consult Louisiana counsel before relying on this page for compliance.

What the statute requires

LA R.S. 40:661 (as enacted by Act 463 of 2025) requires that any food product manufactured on or after January 1, 2028, sold for human consumption in Louisiana, and containing one or more of the listed ingredients, bear:

A QR code on the package (LA R.S. 40:661(B)(1)) that, when scanned, links to
A web page under the control of the manufacturer (LA R.S. 40:661(B)(2)) that surfaces
The presence of the listed ingredient and accompanying safety information (LA R.S. 40:661(B)(3))

The statute does not prescribe the format of the disclosure page. The “control of the manufacturer” language is the operative phrase — see Manufacturer Control for why Closient’s resolver-based architecture satisfies this requirement.

The 44-ingredient list

The Louisiana statute lists 44 ingredients that trigger the disclosure obligation if any of them are present in a covered food product. The list mixes preservatives, color additives, dough conditioners, and synthetic compounds.

The list below is a working summary for engineering reference. The enrolled bill text is the controlling source — verify every entry before treating any list as canonical, and re-verify after each legislative session in case of amendments.

#	Ingredient	Category	Notes
1	Potassium bromate	Dough conditioner	Banned in EU, UK, Brazil, Canada
2	Propylparaben	Preservative	Banned in EU
3	Azodicarbonamide (ADA)	Dough conditioner	Banned in EU, UK, Australia
4	Butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA)	Antioxidant preservative	Listed as Cal Prop 65 carcinogen
5	Butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT)	Antioxidant preservative	Restricted in EU
6	Brominated vegetable oil (BVO)	Emulsifier	FDA revoked authorization Aug 2024
7	Red Dye 3 (FD&C Red No. 3)	Color additive	FDA revoked food use Jan 2025
8	Red Dye 40 (FD&C Red No. 40)	Color additive	EU requires warning label
9	Yellow Dye 5 (FD&C Yellow No. 5, tartrazine)	Color additive	EU requires warning label
10	Yellow Dye 6 (FD&C Yellow No. 6)	Color additive	EU requires warning label
11	Blue Dye 1 (FD&C Blue No. 1)	Color additive
12	Blue Dye 2 (FD&C Blue No. 2)	Color additive
13	Green Dye 3 (FD&C Green No. 3)	Color additive
14	Citrus Red 2 (FD&C Citrus Red No. 2)	Color additive	Permitted only for orange skin coloring
15	Orange B	Color additive	Permitted only for hot dog/sausage casings
16	Acesulfame potassium (Ace-K)	Artificial sweetener
17	Aspartame	Artificial sweetener	IARC Group 2B (possibly carcinogenic)
18	Saccharin	Artificial sweetener
19	Sucralose	Artificial sweetener
20	Neotame	Artificial sweetener
21	Advantame	Artificial sweetener
22	Bleached flour	Flour treatment	Bleaching agents (benzoyl peroxide, chlorine)
23	Bromated flour	Flour treatment	Contains potassium bromate
24	Calcium bromate	Dough conditioner
25	Potassium aluminum sulfate	Leavening / firming agent	Aluminum-containing additive
26	Sodium aluminum sulfate	Leavening agent	Aluminum-containing additive
27	Sodium aluminum phosphate	Leavening agent	Aluminum-containing additive
28	Aluminum ammonium sulfate	Leavening agent	Aluminum-containing additive
29	Diacetyl	Flavoring	Linked to bronchiolitis obliterans
30	Propyl gallate	Antioxidant preservative
31	TBHQ (tert-butylhydroquinone)	Antioxidant preservative
32	Olestra	Fat substitute
33	Partially hydrogenated oils (PHOs)	Fat / trans-fat source	FDA phased out 2018; some uses persist
34	Sodium nitrite	Cured-meat preservative	IARC Group 2A in processed-meat context
35	Sodium nitrate	Cured-meat preservative
36	Carrageenan	Thickener / emulsifier
37	Carboxymethylcellulose (CMC)	Emulsifier / thickener
38	Polysorbate 60	Emulsifier
39	Polysorbate 80	Emulsifier
40	Sodium benzoate	Preservative	Can form benzene with ascorbic acid
41	Potassium benzoate	Preservative
42	Sulfites (sulfur dioxide / sodium sulfite / sodium bisulfite / potassium metabisulfite)	Preservative	FDA mandatory disclosure if > 10 ppm
43	Calcium propionate	Mold inhibitor
44	Sodium propionate	Mold inhibitor

The statute does not provide CAS numbers; matching against the catalog is by chemical/ingredient name. Where multiple chemical forms of the same family exist (sulfites, parabens, aluminum salts), the statute lists each form separately or uses an umbrella term — see the bill text for the canonical naming.

Texas SB 25 covers a substantially overlapping 44-ingredient list but adds DATEM, ficin, and titanium dioxide that LA SB 14 omits, and omits a small number of ingredients (azodicarbonamide variants among them) that LA SB 14 includes. Treat the per-state list as authoritative for the corresponding jurisdiction. See Texas SB 25 for the TX-specific list.

Effective dates

Event	Date
Act 463 signed into law	June 2025
Statute generally effective	August 1, 2025
Labeling requirements enforceable for products manufactured on or after	January 1, 2028

Products manufactured before January 1, 2028 are not subject to the QR-code labeling requirement under the grandfathering provision; verify against the enrolled text for the precise grandfathering scope.

Exemptions

LA SB 14 does not apply to:

Drugs regulated under the federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act
Dietary supplements regulated as such under federal law
Alcoholic beverages regulated by the TTB / Louisiana Office of Alcohol and Tobacco Control
Retail-prepared food (food prepared and offered for immediate consumption at retail — restaurant meals, grocery hot bars, etc.)
Medical foods as defined under federal law

Verify exemption scope against the enrolled bill — definitions matter, especially the line between “dietary supplement” and “conventional food fortified with supplemental ingredients.”

Enforcement

Violations of LA SB 14 are enforced under the Louisiana Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Law (LA R.S. 51:1401 et seq.). The Attorney General has primary enforcement authority. Penalties follow the standard Unfair Trade Practices framework; consult Louisiana counsel for the current penalty structure. There is no FDA pre-emption argument for this disclosure obligation — it is a state-law labeling requirement layered on top of federal labeling, similar in structure to Cal Prop 65.

Configuring Closient for LA SB 14

Two resolver rules per covered product: one for the ingredient disclosure surface, one for the safety information surface.

# Ingredient disclosure page
curl -X POST https://www.closient.com/v1/products/{gtin}/resolver-rules \
  -H "X-API-Key: $CLOSIENT_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "link_type": "gs1:ingredientsInfo",
    "destination_type": "HOSTED_PAGE",
    "hosted_page_id": "page_ingredients_01HXYZ...",
    "scope": "PRODUCT"
  }'

# Safety information page (LA R.S. 40:661(B)(3))
curl -X POST https://www.closient.com/v1/products/{gtin}/resolver-rules \
  -H "X-API-Key: $CLOSIENT_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "link_type": "gs1:safetyInfo",
    "destination_type": "HOSTED_PAGE",
    "hosted_page_id": "page_safety_01HXYZ...",
    "scope": "PRODUCT"
  }'

Both pages can be authored in the Closient dashboard under the product’s resolver configuration, or pointed at custom URLs the brand operates. See Resolver Rules for the full configuration UI. The QR code on the package should encode the canonical resolver URL:

https://www.closient.com/01/{gtin}

Louisiana counsel may prefer that the printed QR target a state-specific URL (...?context=la-sb14) to scope the disclosure to the regulated jurisdiction. Closient supports per-locale routing via resolver rules; discuss with counsel before electing a scoped URL strategy.

US State Ingredient Disclosure overview
Texas SB 25 — the sibling Texas law (overlapping list, earlier effective date)
Manufacturer Control — why a neutral resolver satisfies the “control of the manufacturer” requirement
LA SB 14 enrolled text (Louisiana Legislature)
LA SB 14 bill page (Louisiana Legislature)

Not legal advice. Verify all statutory references and ingredient list entries against the enrolled bill. Consult Louisiana counsel before relying on this page for compliance.

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The 44-ingredient list

Effective dates

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