GRAS Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 4958 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4958 To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require notification to the Food and Drug Administration prior to use of substances as generally recognized as safe, reassessment of the safety of certain substances marketed as generally recognized as safe, provide resources for reviews and reassessments, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES August 12, 2025 Mr. Pallone 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 require notification to the Food and Drug Administration prior to use of substances as generally recognized as safe, reassessment of the safety of certain substances marketed as generally recognized as safe, provide resources for reviews and reassessments, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Grocery Reform And Safety Act'' or the ``GRAS Act''. SEC. 2. REMOVAL OF GRAS EXEMPTION FROM FOOD ADDITIVE DEFINITION. (a) In General.--Section 201(s) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 321(s)) is amended-- (1) by redesignating subparagraphs (1) through (6) as clauses (A) through (G), respectively; (2) by striking ``The term `food additive''' and inserting ``(1) The term `food additive'''; (3) by striking ``, if such substance is'' and all that follows through ``of its intended use;'' and inserting ``, including a substance that is generally recognized as safe,''; and (4) by adding at the end the following: ``(2) The term `generally recognized as safe' means, with respect t