Cotton Introduces Bill to Make Food Inspection Safe and More Efficient

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact:Caroline TablerorPatrick McCann(202) 224-2353May 21, 2025
Cotton Introduces Bill to Make Food Inspection Safe and More Efficient
Washington, D.C.— Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today introduced the Study And Framework for Efficiency in Food Oversight and Organizational Design (SAFE FOOD) Act, legislation that would direct the Department of Agriculture to conduct a study on the consolidation of federal agencies that have a primary role in ensuring food safety into a single agency.
“Current food safety oversight is spread across multiple federal, state, and local agencies which decreases efficacy, creates gaps, and slows response times to potential public health risks. My bill is a commonsense step to expanding government efficiency and enhancing public health protection by unifying our food safety agencies,”said Senator Cotton.
Full text of the bill may be foundhere.The SAFE FOOD Act would:
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