Ensuring Safe and Toxic-Free Foods Act of 2025
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to impose requirements for substances generally recognized as safe, to require the Commissioner of Food and Drugs to reassess the safety of chemicals added to food, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients. The main policy domain is Healthcare, Environment, Government Operations.
Who Benefits and How
health care providers and patients may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.
Who Bears the Burden and How
federal implementing agencies, health care providers and patients may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.
Key Provisions
- Section S1: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Ensuring Safe and Toxic-Free Foods Act of 2025.
- Section id6d68479c1d23474b9b4820aac5c66f1c: 2. Substances generally recognized as safe Chapter IV of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act is amended by inserting after section 409 (21 U.S.C. 348) the...
- Section id4be01a0cad034d9595cfeabc8d3c6369: 409A. Substances generally recognized as safe Any substance the intended use of which results or may reasonably be expected to result, directly or indirectly,...
- Section id28fa944bde6c4ab2acaa81518742dae3: 3. Food chemical reassessment Chapter IV of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 341 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 409A (as...
- Section id8bc6173c6bab4b46a2aab2e6c890259d: 409B. Food chemical reassessment Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of this section, and not less frequently than once every 3 years...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to impose requirements for substances generally recognized as safe, to require the Commissioner of Food and Drugs to reassess the safety of chemicals added to food, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients.
Key Policy Areas
Healthcare, Environment, Government Operations
Primary Purpose
This bill, To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to impose requirements for substances generally recognized as safe, to require the Commissioner of Food and Drugs to reassess the safety of chemicals added to food, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
- health care providers and patients
Identified Costs
- federal implementing agencies
- health care providers and patients
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeMr. Markey (for himself, Mr. Booker, Ms. Warren, and Mr. …
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, …
Introduced in Senate
Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_secretary"
- → The Secretary identified in the operative section
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