PRINTER'S NO. 2750
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
2117
Session of
2024
INTRODUCED BY SHUSTERMAN, MIHALEK, KULIK, SCIALABBA, KHAN,
GUENST, KINSEY, CEPEDA-FREYTIZ, METZGAR, BANTA, BRIGGS,
MAJOR, HILL-EVANS, STEELE, SAPPEY, LABS AND KAZEEM,
MARCH 19, 2024
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE AND RURAL AFFAIRS,
MARCH 19, 2024
AN ACT
Amending Title 3 (Agriculture) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, in food protection, further providing for poisonous
or deleterious substances and tolerances.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 5731(c) of Title 3 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
ยง 5731. Poisonous or deleterious substances and tolerances.
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(c) Unsafe food additives.--
(1) A food additive shall, with respect to any
particular use or intended use, be deemed to be unsafe for
the purposes of the application of section 5728(4) (relating
to adulteration of food) unless it and its intended use
conform to the terms of an exemption which is in effect under
this section or unless there is in effect, and it and its
intended use are in conformity with, a regulation issued
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under this section prescribing the conditions under which the
additive may be safely used. A food which is in compliance
with a regulation relating to a food additive shall not, by
reason of bearing or containing an additive in accordance
with the regulations, be considered adulterated within the
meaning of section 5728(4).
(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), the following food
additives shall, with respect to any particular use or
intended use, be deemed to be unsafe for the purposes of the
application of section 5728(4):
(i) Brominated vegetable oil.
(ii) Potassium bromate.
(iii) Butylated hydroxyanisole.
Section 2. This act shall take effect January 1, 2027.
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