Federal and State Food Safety Information Sharing Act of 2026

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 8430 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8430 To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to share food safety information with State, local, Tribal, and Territorial authorities, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 22, 2026 Ms. Ross (for herself and Mr. Rulli) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to share food safety information with State, local, Tribal, and Territorial authorities, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Federal and State Food Safety Information Sharing Act of 2026''. SEC. 2. SHARING FOOD SAFETY INFORMATION WITH STATE, LOCAL, TRIBAL, AND TERRITORIAL AUTHORITIES. (a) In General.--Section 708 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 379) is amended by adding at the end the following: ``(d) Sharing Food Safety Information With State, Local, Tribal, and Territorial Authorities.-- ``(1) Authorization.--Notwithstanding section 301(j) and any other law, regulation, or policy, the Secretary may share, with a State, local, Tribal, or Territorial authority with counterpart functions related to the protection of public health, unredacted information in the possession of the Food and Drug Administration relating to any of the following: ``(A) Foodborne illness surveillance data. ``(B) Laboratory sampling testing information. ``(C) Inspectional information and results. ``(D) Distribution lists