The Texas Legislature added Health and Safety Code, Chapter 119B, to establish the Texas Nutrition Advisory Committee (TNAC) in 2025. Statute tasks TNAC with:

• Examining the impact of nutrition on human health and the connection between ultra-processed foods and the prevalence of chronic diseases;
• Providing an independent review of scientific studies analyzing the effects of ultra-processed foods on human health;
• Providing education on the effects of ultra-processed foods on human health; and
• Developing and maintaining dietary and nutritional guidelines.

Each year, TNAC is required to report on their work and present their nutritional guidelines and recommendations. DSHS will publish TNAC’s report and any nutritional guidelines from TNAC on this page.

Health and Safety Code, Chapter 119B, will expire and TNAC will end on December 31, 2032.

The advisory committee shall prepare and submit to the department, the governor, the lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, and each standing committee of the legislature with primary jurisdiction over health and safety an annual report that includes: 

1. A summary of the scientific studies;
2. Nutritional guidelines incorporating any new scientific findings; and
3. Any other recommendations the advisory committee considers appropriate based on new scientific studies.

Download the 2026 Annual Report.