Pennsylvania State Representative Natalie Mihalek (R-40) is fighting for food safety for her fellow Pennsylvanians. She is the sponsor of the Health PA Package of legislation aimed at changing the way foods are processed and grown in order to limit obesity and severe illness caused by chemicals, dyes and pesticides used by food manufacturers. The package of bills is made up of House Bill 1130, and it takes aim at the “Generally Recognized As Safe” or GRAS loophole that allows food companies to introduce chemicals to foods without FDA approval or independent review. House Bill 1131 is the Healthy Students Act that targets harmful food dyes. House Bill 1132 seeks to create a statutory definition of “ultra processed foods” that are made up of substances not commonly found in culinary preparations. House Bill 1133 targets BHA, a chemical compound classified as a carcinogen since 1991. It is commonly found in cereals, frozen pizzas and sodas. House Bill 1134 is aimed at explicit labeling of foods containing dyes. House Bill 1135 is designed to ban the use of the pesticide Paraquat. Mihalek and her co-sponsors outlined statistics that show obesity in the United States at 40%, a Type 2 diabetes increase of over 200% in adolescents, and ADHD diagnoses doubling in the last 20 years. Mihalek is the primary sponsor of the package and she has enlisted nearly 40 other representatives on both sides of the aisle to enact the Healthy PA package.