H.R. 597 119th Congress House

PURR Act of 2025

Official title: To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to clarify and update the authority of the Food and Drug Administration to ensure national uniformity in the … Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to clarify and update the authority of the Food and Drug Administration to ensure national uniformity in the regulation of the labels, labeling, and advertising of companion animal pet food, and for other purposes.

Introduced: January 21, 2025 Introduced by: Steve Womack Republican · Arkansas See on congress.gov

Agriculture and Food

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Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Jan 21, 2025

Introduced in House

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Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Pet Food Uniform Regulatory Reform Act of 2025 or the PURR Act of 2025

This bill establishes the Food and Drug Administration's Center for Veterinary Medicine (CVM) as the sole regulatory authority over pet food for dogs and cats. It also provides certain flexibilities for pet food manufacturers with respect to the types of ingredients they may use and the associated labeling and marketing requirements.

The bill specifies that, with exceptions for certain existing oversight activities, no state or local government may establish, implement, or enforce any authority or requirement relating to pet food marketing or labeling and instead provides for oversight by the CVM.

The bill requires the CVM to review and act on pet food ingredient submissions within 90 days. Additionally, the bill provides a presumption that pet food ingredients are generally recognized as safe (GRAS) if they are recognized as acceptable per the Association of American Feed Control Officials and the CVM does not find otherwise. Manufacturers may voluntarily notify the CVM of ingredients that are considered GRAS but that have not yet been specifically recognized as such.

The bill also allows manufacturers to state, without prior approval, that their products (1) sometimes, but not always, have certain ingredients (e.g., flavors); (2) have certain health benefits (e.g., tartar control); or (3) are human grade or natural, if certain conditions are met.

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Committees of jurisdiction 1

Energy and Commerce Committee
House of Representatives

Lobbying activity 39

Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

FOOD MARKETPLACE INC.
for FOOD MARKETPLACE INC · Virginia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
TORREY ADVISORY GROUP (FORMERLY MICHAEL TORREY ASSOCIATES, LLC)
for AMERICAN FEED INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION (AFIA) · Virginia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
PET FOOD INSTITUTE
for PET FOOD INSTITUTE · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
SHUMAKER ADVISORS, LLC
for TOM TOMEI · New Jersey · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
GENERAL MILLS SERVICES INC. (FKA GENERAL MILLS)
for GENERAL MILLS SERVICES INC. (FKA GENERAL MILLS) · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
AMERICAN VETERINARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
for AMERICAN VETERINARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)

Bodies those filers lobbied

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
37 filings
SENATE
37 filings
Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)
34 filings
Commerce, Dept of (DOC)
22 filings
U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
20 filings
Food & Drug Administration (FDA)
16 filings
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
14 filings
Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)
13 filings

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Cosponsors 15