West Virginia
West Virginia currently has tracked additive policy activity in PRūF, centered on Butylated hydroxyanisole.
- Current actions
- 1
- Additives
- 1
- Updated
- 2026-02-04
Current actions
Butylated hydroxyanisole
Adopted / restricted
Banned
Food, drink, confectionery, or condiment sold in WV treated as adulterated if containing BHA (effective 2028-01-01).
- Affected additives
- Butylated hydroxyanisole
- Effective date
- 2028-01-01
- Compliance date
- 2028-01-01
Additives in question
Sources
Timeline
2026-02-04
SB 745 introduced — would ban sodium benzoate in school nutrition meals (2027-08-01)
West Virginia
2025-12-23
Preliminary injunction enjoining WVDOH enforcement of HB 2354 provisions enforced by WVDOH
West Virginia
2025-03-14
WV HB 2354 enacted (adulterated-food amendments include BHA; future effective date for those amendments)
West Virginia
2025-03-14
HB 2354 enrolled — sodium benzoate not listed
West Virginia