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S 376 · in committee · major

Expanded Food Safety Investigation Act of 2025

What this bill does

  • The FDA can request access to large animal farms to collect samples for investigating foodborne illness outbreaks.
  • Concentrated animal-feeding operations must grant the FDA reasonable access to sample plants, animals, water, and facilities.
  • Farms that refuse access face penalties; data collected is shared with USDA and health agencies.

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    How would expanded FDA sampling access to large farms change the speed and effectiveness of identifying sources during foodborne illness outbreaks?

  2. 02

    What specific penalties would farms face for refusing FDA access, and how might those costs affect smaller versus larger concentrated animal operations?

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    What privacy or proprietary concerns might farms have about FDA sample collection and data sharing with USDA and other health agencies?

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Cory A. Booker

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Introduced 2025-02-03

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Legislative timeline

  1. 2025-02-03 · senate · IntroReferral

    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

  2. 2025-02-03 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in Senate

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