Require the FDA to ensure that chemicals entering the food supply chain are safe to eat.

The Food Chemical Reassessment Act of 2025 ... would require the Office of Food Chemical Safety, Dietary Supplements, and Innovation within the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to ensure that chemicals that have entered the food supply chain through loopholes or that were reviewed by the FDA decades ago are safe to eat.

Reintroduced legislation to require FDA review of food chemicals for safety.

Consumer Protection | Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky
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Schakowsky's office says she and Rep. DeLauro reintroduced the Food Chemical Reassessment Act of 2025, which would require FDA's food chemical office to ensure chemicals entering the food supply through loopholes or decades-old reviews are safe to eat.

Official statement matches the promise and shows concrete legislative effort, but the phrasing is prospective legislation rather than enacted law. Inference: this is effort, not fulfillment.

never same_term A for effort

Consumer Protection | Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky
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Congress.gov lists Rep. Janice D. Schakowsky as sponsor, introduced 07/10/2025. Latest action: referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. The tracker says the bill has the status Introduced.

The current 119th Congress bill had not passed the House, passed the Senate, gone to the President, or become law as of the available Congress.gov record. This supports non-fulfillment with clear legislative effort.

never same_term A for effort

All Information (Except Text) for H.R.4306 - Food Chemical Reassessment Act of 2025
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The bill would amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require FDA's Office of Food Chemical Safety, Dietary Supplements, and Innovation to reassess at least 10 food-related substances every 3 years beginning in 2026 and take regulatory action when substances are unsafe.

The bill text would substantially satisfy the promise if enacted, but Congress.gov shows it only as introduced. Inference: concrete but unsuccessful legislative action.

never same_term A for effort

Text - H.R.4306 - Food Chemical Reassessment Act of 2025
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Congress.gov lists Schakowsky as sponsor of H.R.3927, introduced 06/07/2023. Latest action: 06/09/2023 referred to the Subcommittee on Health. The bill status is Introduced. CRS summary says the office must reassess additives, food contact substances, and related substances to ensure they are safe.

A prior version of the same policy was introduced but did not advance beyond committee referral. This supports failure while crediting effort.

never unknown A for effort

All Information (Except Text) for H.R.3927 - Food Chemical Reassessment Act of 2023
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Congress.gov lists Schakowsky as sponsor of H.R.4694, introduced 07/26/2021. Latest action: 07/27/2021 referred to the Subcommittee on Health. The bill status is Introduced. CRS summary says the office must conduct reassessments to ensure such substances are safe.

Schakowsky pursued the policy in an earlier Congress, but the bill remained introduced and was not enacted. This is another failed legislative attempt with effort.

never unknown A for effort

H.R.4694 - Food Chemical Reassessment Act of 2021
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FDA states that GRAS ingredients do not require pre-market review by FDA, and that GRAS notification is not mandatory, though FDA strongly encourages manufacturers to submit notices.

A central loophole targeted by Schakowsky's bills still exists in FDA's own public explanation. Inference: the promised mandatory FDA assurance for chemicals entering the food supply has not been fully implemented.

never same_term

Understanding How the FDA Regulates Food Additives and GRAS Ingredients | FDA
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