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Expanded Food Safety Investigation Act of 2025
Sponsored By: Senator Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ]
Introduced
Summary
FDA authority to sample CAFOs for microbes. This bill would let the Food and Drug Administration request access to concentrated animal-feeding operations for microbial sampling when necessary to investigate foodborne illness outbreaks, find root causes, or address other public health needs.
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- Families and consumers: Faster, targeted microbial sampling would help public health officials trace and stop foodborne outbreaks sooner, improving detection and prevention.
- CAFO operators and farmers: Operations must provide reasonable access for sampling of plants, animals, water, and the environment. They can set reasonable time, place, and manner conditions but face penalties if they refuse access.
- Public health and agriculture agencies: Data collected must be shared with the Department of Agriculture and relevant state and federal public health agencies to support outbreak investigations and prevention.
- USDA-regulated products: The bill clarifies it does not create additional requirements for foods already regulated under USDA meat, poultry, or egg inspection laws.
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FDA testing at large animal farms
This bill would let FDA ask large animal farms to allow germ testing during foodborne outbreak investigations or other public‑health needs. Farms would have to give reasonable access to sample plants, animals, water, and the environment. Farms could set reasonable time, place, and manner rules if those do not block timely testing. Refusing access could be treated as a prohibited act under the food‑safety law. Test results would be shared with USDA and state and federal public‑health agencies, and FOIA rights would be preserved. FDA could not require more than microbial sampling for foods already under USDA inspection. CAFO would be defined by reference to existing federal regulations. If enacted, these changes would take effect upon enactment.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ]
NJ • D
Cosponsors
Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT]
CT • D
Sponsored 2/3/2025
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
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