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HR 3927 118th Congress House Agriculture and Food Administrative law and regulatory procedures Executive agency funding and structure Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Food supply, safety, and labeling

Food Chemical Reassessment Act of 2023

Introduced: June 7, 2023 Introduced by: Schakowsky, Janice D. Democratic · Illinois See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Passed Senate
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Became law
Jun 9, 2023
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jun 7, 2023
Introduced in House
Jun 7, 2023
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
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Food Chemical Reassessment Act of 2023

This bill establishes the Office of Food Safety Reassessment within the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition and addresses related issues.

The office must conduct reassessments of additives, food contact substances, and other related substances to ensure that such substances are safe. Specifically, every three years, the office must reassess the safety of at least 10 substances or classes of substances, including those that are generally recognized as safe for use in food. The office must issue final regulations relating to the safety of each reassessed substance.

The bill also specifies 10 substances that the office must assess in its first review.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) must reestablish the Food Advisory Committee to advise the FDA on issues related to the substance assessments required by this bill.

What's happening now June 9, 2023

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 2
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Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Jan 9, 2024
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Swalwell, Eric
California · Nov 17, 2023
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DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · Jun 7, 2023
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3927: Food Chemical Reassessment Act of 2023. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-3927/
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"H.R. 3927: Food Chemical Reassessment Act of 2023." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-3927/.
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H.R. 3927, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-3927/.
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