Food Safety Rapid Response Act
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Food Safety Rapid Response Act - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to strengthen and expand foodborne illness surveillance systems to: (1) inform and evaluate efforts to prevent foodborne illness; and (2) enhance the identification and investigation of, and response to, foodborne illness outbreaks.
Requires the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to: (1) enhance foodborne illness surveillance systems to improve the collection, analysis, reporting, and usefulness of data on foodborne illnesses; and (2) improve capacity for foodborne illness surveillance in states.
Requires the Secretary to establish five regional Food Safety Centers of Excellence to serve as regional resources for state and local public health professionals in investigating and responding to foodborne illnesses.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
- Introduced in Senate Formatted Text PDF Formatted XML
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1269: Food Safety Rapid Response Act. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-1269/
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