Contact Congress about S. 376: Expanded Food Safety Investigation Act of 2025

FDA could enter large animal farms to take germ samples during food illness investigations. Farms would have to allow reasonable access, but they could set fair limits on how visits happen.

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Expanded Food Safety Investigation Act of 2025 is a Senate bill in committee. The latest recorded action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Latest action on S. 376: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Who this affects: This bill mainly affects large animal farms that meet the CAFO definition. They could have to let FDA onto the site for germ sampling during food illness investigations or other public health needs. It also affects FDA, USDA, state health agencies, and people who may be exposed to contaminated food.

Why this matters: Food illness outbreaks can be hard to trace, and delays can leave people at risk. This bill could help FDA check large animal farms faster when germs from those sites may be part of an outbreak. It may improve how agencies share data and respond. The exact effect on public health is uncertain.

Key provisions in S. 376

• FDA could ask to enter large animal farms called CAFOs. The purpose would be to collect germ samples.
• FDA could sample when it needs to investigate foodborne illness. It could also sample to find an outbreak's root cause or meet another public health need.
• FDA could collect samples from plants, animals, water, and the farm environment. The Secretary of Health and Human Services would decide what sampling is appropriate.
• CAFOs would have to give FDA reasonable access. Farms could set fair rules for the time, place, and method, but those rules could not block timely sampling.
• The bill does not give FDA new rulemaking power over USDA-regulated foods. For meat, poultry, and certain egg products, FDA's added power is limited to germ sampling.

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What is S. 376?

FDA could enter large animal farms to take germ samples during food illness investigations. Farms would have to allow reasonable access, but they could set fair limits on how visits happen.

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