# 119-s-2341: Ensuring Safe and Toxic-Free Foods Act of 2025

119-s-2341, Ensuring Safe and Toxic-Free Foods Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] (D-MA); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-06-03).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-2341
- Congress: 119
- Title: Ensuring Safe and Toxic-Free Foods Act of 2025
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-07-17
- Sponsor: Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] (D-MA)
- Cosponsors: 4
- Policy area: Health
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-06-03

## Summary

**Tightening and formalizing the GRAS (generally recognized as safe) safety process for food substances.** The bill would create a new statutory GRAS pathway, require public posting and comment on many GRAS findings, and build a recurring reassessment program for food chemicals and classes of substances.

## Cosponsors (4)

- Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] (D-NJ), 2025-07-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA] (D-MA), 2025-07-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] (D-CT), 2025-07-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Padilla, Alex [D-CA] (D-CA), 2025-12-02T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Regular FDA reassessments of chemicals: benefit, high. If enacted, the bill would create a Food Chemical Reassessment program. The FDA would reassess not fewer than 10 substances or classes within 3 years of enactment and at least every 3 years after that. The FDA could require manufacturers to provide data or do evaluations and could prioritize substa…
- Tighter safety rules for food chemicals: benefit, high. If enacted, the bill would create a new statutory GRAS pathway and treat many substances as unsafe for food unless one of three paths applies. The three paths are (1) approved food additive status, (2) certain pre-enactment GRAS notices the FDA did not question, or (3) limited post-enactment GRAS n…
- Public posting and stricter GRAS panels: benefit, medium. If enacted, the FDA would post many GRAS notices on its website and open at least a 60-day public comment period for certain notices. The FDA must use written review criteria and issue either an objection or a non-objection, and those decisions would be final agency actions published with their bas…

## Related bills

- 119-s-5066: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026
- 119-s-3990: PrEP Access and Coverage Act of 2026
- 119-s-2823: FAMILY Act
- 119-s-2763: Keep Billionaires Out of Social Security Act
- 119-s-3869: Healthy Families Act
- 119-s-51: Washington, D.C. Admission Act

## Sources
- [119-s-2341 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/2341)

## Related
- [119-s-5066: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-5066)
- [119-s-3990: PrEP Access and Coverage Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3990)
- [119-s-2823: FAMILY Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2823)
- [119-s-2763: Keep Billionaires Out of Social Security Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2763)
- [119-s-3869: Healthy Families Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3869)
- [119-s-51: Washington, D.C. Admission Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-51)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2341 (as of 2026-06-03).