The bill would allow the Food and Drug Administration to request access to concentrated animal feeding operations to collect samples during foodborne illness investigations, to find an outbreak’s cause, or to address other public health needs. Operations would have to provide reasonable access, though they could set reasonable conditions on when and how sampling occurs. The bill would require the FDA to share collected data with the Department of Agriculture and relevant state and federal public health agencies. Refusing reasonable access would be treated as a prohibited act under federal food law.
The bill does not set rules for individuals. It would give the FDA sampling access at certain animal feeding operations when the agency finds it needed for a public health purpose. It would not add requirements beyond sampling for food overseen by the Department of Agriculture.
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The bill’s stated purpose is to support foodborne illness investigations, identify outbreak causes, and address other public health needs through microbial sampling.
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