Food Chemical Reassessment Act of 2025

Key Points

• The bill requires the FDA's Office of Food Chemical Safety to review at least 10 food chemicals (or groups of chemicals) every three years, starting in 2026. Many of these chemicals were approved decades ago and have never been re-examined with modern science.
• The first round of reviews would target widely used food dyes (Red 40, Yellow 5, Yellow 6, Blue 1, Blue 2, Green 3), preservatives like BHA, BHT, and sodium nitrite, plus industrial chemicals like titanium dioxide and perchlorate. These are found in thousands of everyday food products.
• If the FDA finds a chemical is unsafe, the agency must act to remove or restrict it. Actions range from repealing approval regulations to revoking prior-sanctioned uses, depending on how the chemical was originally allowed into the food supply.
• The bill would re-establish the Food Advisory Committee within 180 days to help set the standards and methods for these safety reviews, ensuring outside expert input guides the process.
• The FDA must publicly share the results of each reassessment, including posting on its website whether substances are found safe or unsafe. This transparency requirement gives consumers and food manufacturers clear information about what the government has reviewed.