Alpha-gal Allergen Inclusion Act
Official title: To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to add alpha-gal to the definition of "major food allergen".
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Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Alpha-gal Allergen Inclusion Act
This bill expands the definition of major food allergen to include galactose-alpha-1,3-galactose (commonly known as alpha-gal). Under current law, food labels generally must identify each major food allergen found in labeled food products.
(Certain tick bites cause an allergic condition known as alpha-gal syndrome that can result in an allergy to the alpha-gal molecule, which is found in red meat and other products made from mammals.)
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- THE SMITH-FREE GROUP, LLC
- MILLER & WENHOLD CAPITOL STRATEGIES
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- FOOD ALLERGY RESEARCH AND EDUCATION (FARE)
- THE SMITH-FREE GROUP, LLC
- FOOD ALLERGY RESEARCH AND EDUCATION (FARE)
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- HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
- SENATE
- Food & Drug Administration (FDA)
- Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)
Cite this page
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1178: Alpha-gal Allergen Inclusion Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-1178/
"H.R. 1178: Alpha-gal Allergen Inclusion Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-1178/.
H.R. 1178, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-1178/.
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