Expanded Food Safety Investigation Act of 2025

House Bill

H.R. 852

119th Congress

Expanded Food Safety Investigation Act of 2025

In Committee

Introduced:Jan 31, 2025

Primary Sponsor

David Schweikert

Representative

Republican

AZ-1

Cosponsors

15

Quick Stats

Policy Area

Agriculture and Food

Summary

This bill allows the FDA to access concentrated animal-feeding operations for microbial sampling during foodborne illness investigations. Operations must provide reasonable access, and data must be shared with USDA and public health agencies.

Latest Action

Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

SponsorDavid Schweikert (R-AZ)

Introduced1/31/2025

StatusReferred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

ChamberHouse

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Expanded Food Safety Investigation Act of 2025

This bill allows the FDA to access concentrated animal-feeding operations for microbial sampling during foodborne illness investigations. Operations must provide reasonable access, and data must be shared with USDA and public health agencies.

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This bill allows the FDA to access concentrated animal-feeding operations for microbial sampling during foodborne illness investigations. Operations must provide reasonable access, and data must be shared with USDA and public health agencies.

Bill Number: 852
Sponsor: David Schweikert (R-AZ)
Introduced: 1/31/2025
Status: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Policy Area: Agriculture and Food

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Title: Expanded Food Safety Investigation Act of 2025
Bill Number: 852
Sponsor: David Schweikert (R-AZ)
Status: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Introduced: 1/31/2025
Summary: This bill allows the FDA to access concentrated animal-feeding operations for microbial sampling during foodborne illness investigations. Operations must provide reasonable access, and data must be shared with USDA and public health agencies.

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Plain-English explanation of this bill

This bill allows the FDA to access concentrated animal-feeding operations for microbial sampling during foodborne illness investigations. Operations must provide reasonable access, and data must be shared with USDA and public health agencies.

Last updated: 1/5/2026

Official Summary

Congressional Research Service summary

Expanded Food Safety Investigation Act of 2025This 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.

Key Points

Main provisions of the bill

Allows FDA access to animal feeding operations
Enables microbial sampling for outbreaks
Requires reasonable access for sampling
Shares data with USDA and health agencies
Imposes penalties for refusing access

How This Impacts Americans

Potential effects on citizens and communities

Food safety investigators would have better access to potential contamination sources. Foodborne illness outbreaks could be traced more effectively. Large animal operations would face new sampling requirements.

Policy Areas

Primary Policy Area

Agriculture and Food

Related Subjects

Agricultural research

Animal and plant health

Food supply, safety, and labeling

Government information and archives

Government studies and investigations

Intergovernmental relations

Livestock

Meat

Medical research

Veterinary medicine and animal diseases

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Scope & Jurisdiction

Jurisdiction Level

federal

Congressional Session

119th Congress

Citation Reference

852, 119th Congress (2025). "Expanded Food Safety Investigation Act of 2025". Source: Voter's Right Platform. https://votersright.org/bills/118-hr-852

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