No Toxic Chemicals in Food Packaging Act of 2026
Official title: To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to deem certain substances to be unsafe for use as food contact substances, and for other purposes.
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Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Ban certain substances from touching food in manufacturing and packaging.
This bill would amend federal food safety law to declare that specific substances are unsafe for use as food contact substances, meaning materials that touch food during manufacturing, processing, or packaging. The bill does not specify which substances would be banned based on the information provided. The measure was introduced by Representative Janice Schakowsky of Illinois and is currently under review by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
- Introduced in House Formatted Text PDF Formatted XML
- AMERICAN FOREST & PAPER ASSOCIATION
- FOOD MARKETPLACE INC.
- PPG INDUSTRIES, INC
- CAPITOLINE CONSULTING, LLC
- CAPITOLINE CONSULTING, LLC
- CAPITOLINE CONSULTING, LLC
Bodies those filers lobbied
- HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
- SENATE
- Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)
- White House Office
- U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
- Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
- Commerce, Dept of (DOC)
- Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Cite this page
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 9231: No Toxic Chemicals in Food Packaging Act of 2026. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-9231/
"H.R. 9231: No Toxic Chemicals in Food Packaging Act of 2026." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-9231/.
H.R. 9231, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-9231/.
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