Bill Name: Food Chemical Reassessment Act of 2025

Bill Number: HR-4306

Bill Author(s): Representative Jan Schakowsky

Legislative Session / Year: 2025

State: Federal

AVFCA Position: Support

Bill Synopsis: This bill ensures periodic reviews of chemicals used in food and food-contact materials, helping to identify and remove substances that pose new or previously unrecognized health risks, demonstrating that regular reassessments coupled with transparent public disclosure reinforce timely regulatory action, and reduce incidents of long term consumer exposure to potentially harmful additives, dyes, preservatives and contaminants.

By prioritizing substances according to public health need, and restoring an expert advisory committee, HR-4306 strengthens the FDA’s ability to focus resources on high risk chemicals. These measures enhance consumer safety, restore public confidence in food oversight, and provide preventive protection for vulnerable populations, including children and pregnant people, against toxic substances.