Food Chemical Reassessment Act of 2023
Summary
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.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jun 2023
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced Jun 7, 2023
Last action Jun 9, 2023
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3
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Committee
2
Jun 9, 2023
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
lower
Jun 7, 2023
Committee
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
lower
Jun 7, 2023
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
1 primary · 3 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Janice D. Schakowsky
DDemocratic
Co
Eleanor Holmes Norton
DDemocratic
Co
Eric Swalwell
DDemocratic
Co
Rosa L. DeLauro
DDemocratic
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