Contact Congress about H.R. 852: Expanded Food Safety Investigation Act of 2025

The FDA could go to large animal farms and take germ samples during food-safety investigations. Farms would have to give reasonable access, or they could face enforcement under federal food law.

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Expanded Food Safety Investigation Act of 2025 is a House bill in committee. The latest recorded action: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Latest action on H.R. 852: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Who this affects: This bill mainly affects large animal farms that meet the CAFO standard. They would have to let the FDA take germ samples in certain food-safety situations. It also affects the FDA, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, state health agencies, and other public health officials because they would get more data to use during outbreak investigations. Consumers could be affected if faster sampling helps officials find contaminated food sooner.

Why this matters: Foodborne illness outbreaks can spread before officials know where the germs came from. This bill could help investigators check large animal farms sooner when those farms may be part of the trail. Faster sampling could help officials find the source of E. coli, Salmonella, or other germs and act more quickly. At the same time, it would give farms a new legal duty to allow access in certain cases.

Key provisions in H.R. 852

• The FDA could ask to enter large animal farms to take germ samples. These farms are called concentrated animal feeding operations, or CAFOs.
• The FDA could sample only for listed public health reasons. These include foodborne illness outbreaks, finding an outbreak's source, or another identified public health need.
• CAFOs would have to give the FDA reasonable access for sampling. The samples could come from plants, animals, water, and the surrounding area.
• CAFOs could set reasonable rules for the visit. The rules could cover time, place, and method, but they could not block timely and proper sampling.
• The FDA would not get broad new power over USDA-regulated foods. For meat, poultry, and certain egg products, the new power would be limited to germ sampling.

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What is H.R. 852?

The FDA could go to large animal farms and take germ samples during food-safety investigations. Farms would have to give reasonable access, or they could face enforcement under federal food law.

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