H.R. 8432

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.

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Sec. 7. Recordkeeping requirements for processed food recipes

Section 414(a) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 350c(a)) is amended—

(1) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (5);

(2) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following:

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(3) Processed food recipes. With respect to an article of food that is a processed food, each person (excluding farms and restaurants) who manufactures, processes, packs, distributes, receives, holds, or imports such article shall, at the request of an officer or employee duly designated by the Secretary, permit such officer or employee, upon presentation of appropriate credentials and a written notice to such person, at reasonable times and within reasonable limits and in a reasonable manner, to have access to and copy all records relating to the recipe and contents of such article, including—

(A) the labeled and nonlabeled ingredients;

(B) the amounts of each ingredient; and

(C) listings of all relevant authorizations by product.

(4) Nonlabeled ingredients

(A) In general. With respect to an article of food that is a processed food that includes contents which are not declared on the label, the manufacturer (excluding farms and restaurants) of such article shall submit to the Commissioner the contents, including flavors, colors, spices, and incidental additives, of such article.

(B) Disclosure. The Commissioner shall publish on a website a list of articles described in subparagraph (A) and their contents.

; and

(3) in paragraph (5), as so redesignated, by striking The requirement under paragraphs (1) and (2) applies and inserting The requirements under paragraphs (1) through (3) apply.