Eliminating Dangerous Preservatives Act

Nancy Mace

Republican · SC · Representative

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Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

2026-10-26

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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 10913 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 10913 To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to make adulterated food containing certain preservatives, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES October 26, 2026 Ms. Mace 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 make adulterated food containing certain preservatives, 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 ``Eliminating Dangerous Preservatives Act''. SEC. 2. FOOD CONTAINING CERTAIN PRESERVATIVES ADULTERATED. (a) In General.--Section 402 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 342) is amended by adding at the end the following: ``(j) If it is a food intended for human consumption and it contains any amount of butylated hydroxyanisole, butylated hydroxytoluene, or tert-butylhydroquinone.''. (b) Applicability.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect to food introduced or delivered for introduction into interstate commerce on or after the date that is 2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act. (c) Regulations.--Not later than 2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Commissioner of Food and Drugs (in this section referred to as the ``Secretary''), shall issue regulations to implement the amendment made by subsection (a). (d) Report to Congress.--Not later than 3 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate a report-- (1) on the implementation of the amendment made by subsection (a), including any efforts by food manufacturers to reformulate food to contain substances other than the substances specified in section 402(j) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (as added by such subsection (a)); and (2) any recommendations of the Secretary for additional legislative or regulatory action with respect to the substances specified in such section 402(j). <all>

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