Following New York Assembly Bill A6424, which was introduced in early 2023 and aims to ban certain additives from use in foods, another piece of state legislation has been proposed regarding food additives regulation. New York Assembly Bill A9295, introduced in February 2024, seeks to establish requirements for the reporting of substances considered “generally recognized as safe” (GRAS).
Bill A9295 would require businesses to notify the State of New York when determining a substance to be GRAS and marketing that chemical in New York. In their notification, businesses would have to submit a summary of evidence for why the substance is safe. These notifications would be published in a public database funded by reporting fees and maintained by New York State.