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S. 376 119th Congress Senate

Expanded Food Safety Investigation Act of 2025

Official title: A bill to provide the Food and Drug Administration with authority to conduct microbial sampling on concentrated animal feeding operations as necessary to facil… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to provide the Food and Drug Administration with authority to conduct microbial sampling on concentrated animal feeding operations as necessary to facilitate a foodborne illness outbreak investigation, determine the root cause of an outbreak of foodborne illness, or address other public health needs.

Introduced: February 3, 2025 Introduced by: Cory A. Booker Democratic · New Jersey See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Feb 3, 2025
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Expanded Food Safety Investigation Act of 2025

This bill provides that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) may, under specified circumstances, request access to a concentrated animal-feeding operation (i.e., a stabled or confined animal-feeding operation of a specified size) to conduct microbial sampling.

Specifically, the bill allows the FDA to request access if the FDA determines that sampling is necessary to facilitate an investigation of a foodborne-illness outbreak, determine the cause of an outbreak, or address other public health needs. Concentrated animal-feeding operations must provide reasonable access for sampling, including sampling of plants, animals, water, and the environment. The bill imposes penalties on operations that refuse to provide reasonable access. 

Data collected in sampling efforts under this bill must be shared with the Department of Agriculture and state and federal public health agencies to facilitate the detection, investigation, and prevention of foodborne illness.

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  • HR 852 Identical bill Expanded Food Safety Investigation Act of 2025
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Blumenthal, Richard
Connecticut · Feb 3, 2025
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 376: Expanded Food Safety Investigation Act of 2025. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-376/
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"S. 376: Expanded Food Safety Investigation Act of 2025." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-376/.
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S. 376, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-376/.
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