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Expanded Food Safety Investigation Act of 2025
Sponsored By: Representative DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3]
Introduced
Summary
This bill would give the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authority to conduct microbial sampling at concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) during foodborne illness outbreaks and other public health needs. It sets rules for reasonable access, requires data sharing with USDA and public health agencies, and makes refusal to allow sampling an unlawful act under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.
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- Farmers and CAFO operators: Must provide reasonable access for FDA sampling of plants, animals, water, and the surrounding environment. Refusing reasonable access is made an unlawful act and FDA may set reasonable time, place, and manner conditions so long as they do not prevent timely sampling.
- Public health agencies and consumers: FDA sampling aims to help detect outbreaks, find root causes, and support outbreak investigations. Data collected must be shared with the Secretary of Agriculture and relevant State and Federal public health agencies to aid prevention and response.
- USDA-regulated producers: The bill clarifies it does not impose additional requirements beyond microbial sampling for foods under the Federal Meat Inspection Act, the Poultry Products Inspection Act, or the Egg Products Inspection Act.
*The bill does not authorize new federal funding and does not include new appropriations.*
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FDA could sample at large animal farms
If enacted, the FDA could request access to large animal feeding operations to collect microbial samples. This could happen when needed to investigate or stop a foodborne illness, find its root cause, or meet other public health needs. These operations would have to give reasonable access to sample plants, animals, water, and the surrounding environment. They could set reasonable time, place, and manner rules, but not in ways that block timely sampling. Data from sampling would be shared with USDA and state and federal public health agencies to aid detection and prevention. For foods under USDA laws, this would not add new requirements beyond sampling. Refusing reasonable access would be an unlawful act under the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. Existing public records rights and exemptions under FOIA would still apply. It would take effect upon enactment.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3]
CT • D
Cosponsors
Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7]
AZ • D
Sponsored 1/31/2025
Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26]
CA • D
Sponsored 1/31/2025
Rep. Barragán, Nanette Diaz [D-CA-44]
CA • D
Sponsored 1/31/2025
Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
DC • D
Sponsored 1/31/2025
Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank" [D-GA-4]
GA • D
Sponsored 1/31/2025
Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9]
IL • D
Sponsored 1/31/2025
Rep. Carson, André [D-IN-7]
IN • D
Sponsored 1/31/2025
Rep. Moulton, Seth [D-MA-6]
MA • D
Sponsored 1/31/2025
Rep. Ivey, Glenn [D-MD-4]
MD • D
Sponsored 1/31/2025
Rep. Tlaib, Rashida [D-MI-12]
MI • D
Sponsored 1/31/2025
Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6]
NY • D
Sponsored 1/31/2025
Rep. García, Jesús G. "Chuy" [D-IL-4]
IL • D
Sponsored 2/7/2025
Rep. Frost, Maxwell [D-FL-10]
FL • D
Sponsored 2/13/2025
Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2]
WI • D
Sponsored 3/10/2025
Rep. Larson, John B. [D-CT-1]
CT • D
Sponsored 11/17/2025
Roll Call Votes
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