119-hr1178

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1178 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 1178

 To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to add alpha-gal to 
 the definition of ``major food allergen''.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 February 10, 2025

Mr. Van Drew (for himself, Mr. Murphy, Mr. Davis of North Carolina, Mr. 
 Balderson, Mr. Carter of Texas, Mr. LaMalfa, Mr. Griffith, Mr. 
Magaziner, Mr. Moore of Alabama, Ms. Norton, Mr. Rulli, Mr. Cline, Mr. 
 Wittman, Mrs. Cherfilus-McCormick, and Mr. Smith of New Jersey) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
 Energy and Commerce

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 A BILL

 To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to add alpha-gal to 
 the definition of ``major food allergen''.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

 This Act may be cited as the ``Alpha-gal Allergen Inclusion Act''.

SEC. 2. ADDING ALPHA-GAL TO DEFINITION OF ``MAJOR FOOD ALLERGEN''.

    (a) In General.--

Section 201

    (qq) of the Federal Food, Drug, and 
Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 321

    (qq) ) is amended by adding at the end the 
following:
 ``

    (3)
        (A) Galactose-alpha-1,3-galactose (commonly known as 
 `alpha-gal').
 ``
        (B) For purposes of this subparagraph, the term 
 `galactose-alpha-1,3-galactose' includes--
 ``
            (i) ingredients derived from non-catarrhine 
 primate mammals; and
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            (ii) red algae in the order Gigartinales.
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            (C) For purposes of this subparagraph, the term 
 `galactose-alpha-1,3-galactose' does not include mammal-derived 
 ingredients for which the Secretary determines there is no 
 galactose-alpha-1,3-galactose above an established, detectable 
 limit (such as ingredients made from alpha-gal-knockout 
 mammals).''.

    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection

    (a) shall 
apply beginning on the date that is 18 months after the date of 
enactment of this Act.
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