A bill recently introduced in the New York legislature, S08615/A9295, would establish reporting requirements for generally recognized as safe (GRAS) substances that are added to food. Specifically, the bill would require a report to be submitted to the Commissioner of the New York Department of Agriculture and Markets on the use of GRAS substances in food.

Information that would be required in the report includes:

U.S. Senate bill S. 3387, “Ensuring Safe and Toxic-Free Foods Act of 2023,” would prohibit independent Generally Recognized as Safe (GRAS) designations and create an Office of Food Chemical Safety, Dietary Supplements, and Innovation. The bill was introduced by Senators Edward J. Markey (D-MA), Cory Booker (D-NJ), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) on December 4, 2023.

Sen. Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), along with Senators Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Warren (D-Mass.), introduced the “Ensuring Safe and Toxic-Free Foods Act of 2022” on May 26, 2022. S. 4316 would direct the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to make several changes to its 2016 Substances Generally Recognized as Safe (GRAS) rule and to establish a new division within FDA to reassess the safety of food additives and food contact substances.

On September 30, 2021, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) prevailed in the federal lawsuit brought by the Center for Food Safety and the Environmental Defense Fund challenging FDA’s final rule, titled, Substances Generally Recognized as Safe. The U.S.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has released two guidance documents regarding “generally recognized as safe” (GRAS) substances: 

Several nongovernment organizations (NGOs) have filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court Southern District of New York challenging the legality of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) final GRAS rule, as well as FDA’s interpretation and implementation of the GRAS exemption in the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FD&C Act).

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published a final rule In the Federal Register on August 17, 2016, that seeks to clarify the process and criteria used to determine whether the use of a substance in human or animal food is generally recognized as safe (GRAS).

Senator Edward Markey (D-Massachusetts) sent a letter to the U.S.