WV HB4852

Designates nine specific food additives as "poisonous or injurious to health" under West Virginia's Pure Food and Drugs law: butylated hydroxyanisole, propylparaben, and seven FD&C dyes (Blue No. 1, Blue No. 2, Green No. 3, Red No. 3, Red No. 40, Yellow No. 5, and Yellow No. 6)

Defines "poisonous or injurious to health" as substances demonstrated through peer-reviewed scientific evidence to cause material risk of harm at customary consumption levels and expressly designated as unsafe by state code or Bureau of Public Health rules

Classifies foods containing these additives as adulterated, making them subject to existing regulatory enforcement under the state's food safety laws

Takes effect January 1, 2028, giving manufacturers and retailers time to reformulate or remove affected products

Introduced by Delegates Worrell and Burkhammer and referred to the House Committee on Health and Human Resources