To provide the Food and Drug Administration needed authorities to carry out its regulatory mission with respect to human foods, to provide additional resources and authorities with respect to human foods research, and for other purposes.

Key Points

• The bill would give the FDA power to access and copy full recipes for processed foods, including unlabeled ingredients and exact amounts. Companies that make, pack, or distribute processed foods (excluding farms and restaurants) would have to open their records to FDA inspectors upon request.
• Manufacturers of processed foods with hidden ingredients not listed on the label would have to report those contents to the FDA. The agency would then publish a public list of those products and their undisclosed ingredients, including flavors, colors, spices, and incidental additives.
• A new competitive grant program would fund research on ultra-processed foods, dietary supplements, baby formula safety, infant and maternal nutrition, and food biotechnology. Grants would be awarded through the FDA Commissioner and the NIH Director to eligible public or private nonprofit organizations.
• The FDA would create a permanent Advisory Committee on Human Foods made up of nutrition experts, food safety experts, and representatives of consumer, producer, and health professional organizations to advise the agency on food science, nutrition, and safety.
• A new center of excellence would be created to study how food and medicine overlap, including the rise of weight-loss drugs, food allergy medications, and 'produce prescription' programs where doctors prescribe healthy food as part of treatment.
• The FDA would partner with outside groups to study chemicals in food packaging and recommend safe limits. The partnership would report to Congress within 18 months and annually after that.