Bill · H.R. 852· House(119-HR-852)
Expanded Food Safety Investigation Act of 2025
- Introduced
- 1/31/2025
- Last activity
- 1/31/2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
- Sponsored by
- Rosa DeLauro
- Cosponsors
- - 15 - 0
- Introduced
- In Committee
What this bill would do
The Expanded Food Safety Investigation Act of 2025 gives the Food and Drug Administration the authority to conduct microbial sampling at concentrated animal feeding operations. This authority can be used to help investigate foodborne illness outbreaks or to find the root cause of such outbreaks. It can also be used to address other public health needs. The Secretary can request access to sample plants, animals, water, and the environment. These operations must provide reasonable access when a request is made.
Yes· 3 of 4
Does this make health care easier to get in general?+4
The bill enhances public health protections by allowing the FDA to investigate and prevent foodborne illness outbreaks through microbial sampling.
Does this better protect air, water and wildlife?+3
The bill allows for the sampling of water and the environment to address public health needs related to foodborne illnesses.
Does this make the country readier for the next outbreak?+2
The expansion of microbial sampling authority helps agencies more effectively detect and respond to biological threats in the food supply.
The opposite
Would farmers be better off under this?-3
The bill imposes new regulatory requirements and potential enforcement actions on concentrated animal feeding operations that refuse access for sampling.
Who it would affect, and how
Potential Positive Impacts for People
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Facilitating outbreak investigations: This provision allows for the investigation of foodborne illness outbreaks, which helps address public health needs (Section 2(a)).
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Determining root causes: The authority helps determine the actual cause of a foodborne illness outbreak (Section 2(a)).
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Information sharing for prevention: The Secretary is required to share collected data with the Secretary of Agriculture and relevant State and Federal public health agencies to help detect, investigate, or prevent foodborne illness (Section 2(d)).
Potential Negative Impacts for People
- Increased requirements for operations: Refusing to provide reasonable access for microbial sampling is now considered a violation of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (Section 2(b)).
Groups and Interests Ranking
Every group the model scored this bill for, from -10 to +10. Hover a score for the reason it gave.
- Healthcare
- Improves Healthcare Access+4Improves Pandemic Preparedness+2
- Demographic And Interest Groups
- Good For Farmers-3
- Environment Energy And Infrastructure
- Improves Environmental Protections+3
- Governance And Ideology
- Improves Government Transparency+2
- 11/17/2025
- 1 Cosponsor added.
- 3/10/2025
- 1 Cosponsor added.
- 2/13/2025
- 1 Cosponsor added.
- 2/7/2025
- 1 Cosponsor added.
- 1/31/2025
- Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
- 11 Cosponsors added.
- Introduced in House
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