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118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3927 
To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to establish the Office 
of Food Safety Reassessment, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 7, 2023 
Ms. SCHAKOWSKY (for herself and Ms. DELAURO) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to 
establish the Office of Food Safety Reassessment, and 
for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Food Chemical Reas-
sessment Act of 2023’’. 
SEC. 2. OFFICE OF FOOD SAFETY REASSESSMENT. 
Chapter X of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic 
Act (21 U.S.C. 391) is amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
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‘‘(B) determining that any such substance 
or class of substances is unsafe within the 
meaning of such section. 
‘‘(c) FIRST SUBSTANCES SUBJECT TO REASSESS-
MENT.—The first ten substances or classes of substances 
reassessed by the Secretary under subsection (b) are the 
following: 
‘‘(1) Tert-butylhydroquinone. 
‘‘(2) Titanium dioxide. 
‘‘(3) Potassium bromate. 
‘‘(4) Perchlorate. 
‘‘(5) Butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA). 
‘‘(6) Butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT). 
‘‘(7) Brominated vegetable oil (BVO). 
‘‘(8) Propyl paraben. 
‘‘(9) Sodium nitrite. 
‘‘(10) Sulfuric acid. 
‘‘(d) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec-
tion alters the authority or duties of the Secretary with 
respect to the administration and enforcement of section 
409. 
‘‘(e) FOOD ADVISORY COMMITTEE.—Not later than 
180 days after the date of enactment of the Food Chem-
ical Reassessment Act of 2023, the Secretary shall re-es-
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tablish the Food Advisory Committee to advise the Sec-
retary with respect to— 
‘‘(1) the standards for reassessments conducted 
under this section; and 
‘‘(2) the process and methods necessary to com-
plete the work of the Office. 
‘‘(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) The term ‘food contact substance’ has the 
meaning given such term in section 409(h)(6). 
‘‘(2) The term ‘generally recognized as safe for 
use in food’ means, with respect to a substance used 
in food, that the substance is generally recognized, 
among experts qualified by scientific training and 
experience to evaluate its safety, as having been ade-
quately shown through scientific procedures (or, in 
the case of a substance used in food prior to Janu-
ary 1, 1958, through either scientific procedures or 
experience based on common use in food) to be safe 
under the conditions of its intended use, as de-
scribed in section 201(s). 
‘‘(3) The term ‘prior-sanctioned substance’ 
means a substance described in paragraph (4) of 
section 201(s).’’. 
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