Federal and State Food Safety Information Sharing Act of 2026

Enhanced Public Health Protection: The Secretary is authorized to share unredacted information such as foodborne illness surveillance data, laboratory sampling, inspection results, recall distribution lists, and consumer complaints with authorities that have public health functions (Section 2(a)(1)). This is intended to assist these authorities in protecting the public (Section 2(a)(1)).

Rapid Information Sharing: The Secretary may share this information as soon as it is reasonably practicable, which can assist authorities in protecting the public (Section 2(a)(2)).

Extended Grant Durations: The bill changes the duration of certain food safety grants from 3 years to 5 years (Section 3(a)(1)).

Restrictions on Information Disclosure: Authorities that receive information from the Secretary are prohibited from further disclosing it without permission from the Food and Drug Administration, unless they determine it is necessary to contain an outbreak, carry out a recall, or perform other State enforcement activities (Section 2(a)(3)).

Conditional Grant Funding: For certain grants, future funding may be made contingent on a successful program evaluation conducted by the Secretary after the first year of the grant (Section 3(a)(2)(B)).