# 2025-22537: White House Targets Food Price Gouging as Security Threat

2025-22537, Addressing Security Risks From Price Fixing and Anti-Competitive Behavior in the Food Supply Chain, is a Federal Register presidential document from Executive Office of the President published 2025-12-10, effective 2025-12-06 (as of 2026-11-04).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-22537
- As of: 2026-11-04
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2025-22537
- Title: Addressing Security Risks From Price Fixing and Anti-Competitive Behavior in the Food Supply Chain
- Type: Presidential Document
- Agencies: Executive Office of the President
- Citation: 90 FR 57349
- Published: 2025-12-10
- Effective: 2025-12-06
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: no
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-11-04

## In one line

White House Targets Food Price Gouging as Security Threat

## Summary

The government is cracking down on sneaky price fixing and unfair business moves in the food supply chain, especially by foreign-controlled companies. New task forces will investigate and stop these actions to keep food affordable and secure for all Americans. Expect stronger rules and possible legal action starting soon to protect your grocery bills and national security.

## Effects PRIA read

- Task Forces to Police Food Price-Fixing: benefit, medium. The Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission must each create a Food Supply Chain Security Task Force to investigate anti-competitive behavior in U.S. food supply chains, including whether foreign-controlled companies are raising food prices or threatening national security. The Task Force…
- Greater Enforcement Risk for Food Firms: cost, medium. Food-related companies, including foreign-controlled firms, face increased civil enforcement and possible criminal prosecution if investigations find collusion or price fixing; the order notes some companies have settled civil suits for tens of millions of dollars. The Department of Justice Task Fo…

## Related documents

- [2026-22385](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-22385): Adjusting Imports of Robotics, Industrial Machinery, and Their Parts and Components Into the United States, 2026-11-02
- [2026-22292](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-22292): Further Modifying the Scope of Products of Canada Subject to the Additional Duties Imposed To Offset Canadian Discrimination Against the Co…, 2026-10-30
- [2026-22051](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-22051): Decreasing Housing Costs for the American People, 2026-10-28
- [2026-22052](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-22052): Presidential Determination Pursuant to Section 303 of the Defense Production Act of 1950, as Amended, on Domestic Petroleum Production, Ref…, 2026-10-28
- [2026-22049](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-22049): Adjusting Imports of Wind Turbines and Their Parts and Components Into the United States, 2026-10-28
- [2026-22050](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-22050): National Seafood Month, 2026, 2026-10-28

## Sources
- [2025-22537 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/10/2025-22537/addressing-security-risks-from-price-fixing-and-anti-competitive-behavior-in-the-food-supply-chain)
- [2025-22537 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-12-10/pdf/2025-22537.pdf)

## Related
- [Previous: 2025-22536, National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day, 2025](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-22536)
- [Next: 2025-22785, Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Serious Human Rights Abu…](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-22785)
- [All Federal Register documents](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register)

Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-22537 (as of 2026-11-04).