Advance legislation clarifying FDA regulation of animal feed substances to reduce foodborne pathogens.

Innovative FEED Act would clarify FDA regulation of animal feed substances to reduce foodborne pathogens;

Grassley cited the Innovative FEED Act as a bill he is advancing through the farm bill process.

Q&A: Farm Bill Update
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Question: On Passage of the Bill (S. 510 as Amended); Vote Result: Bill Passed; Measure Title: A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to the safety of the food supply. Grassley (R-IA), Yea.

Grassley voted yes on S. 510, the Senate FDA Food Safety Modernization Act vehicle. This is concrete legislative action on FDA food-safety authority, but it is broader than the specific animal-feed-substance clarification in the claim.

partial same_term A for effort

U.S. Senate Roll Call Vote 111th Congress, Vote 257, S. 510
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Latest Action: 01/04/2011 Became Public Law No: 111-353. Summary states the Act requires food facilities to identify and implement preventive controls to significantly minimize or prevent hazards and directs FDA to issue guidance to reduce significant foodborne contaminants.

The FDA Food Safety Modernization Act became law and created broad preventive-controls authority for food safety. It supports partial delivery because it addressed foodborne hazards broadly, but does not itself prove the specific animal feed substances regulatory clarification was enacted.

partial same_term A for effort

H.R.2751 - FDA Food Safety Modernization Act, Congress.gov
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Public Law 111-353 amended the FDCA. Section 103 added hazard analysis and risk-based preventive controls, requiring facilities to evaluate hazards affecting food and implement controls to significantly minimize or prevent them; listed hazards include biological hazards, drug residues, and unapproved food and color additives.

The enacted statutory text provides the strongest official proof of FDA preventive-control authority relevant to foodborne hazards. It is partial, not full, evidence because it regulates animal food facilities broadly rather than clarifying a special pathway for animal feed substances intended to reduce pathogens.

partial same_term A for effort

Public Law 111-353, FDA Food Safety Modernization Act, GovInfo
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FDA issued a final rule for food for animals under FSMA. The rule covers 21 CFR part 507, defines animal food concepts, discusses pathogens such as Salmonella spp. and L. monocytogenes, and requires animal food practices to protect against contamination and undesirable microorganisms.

FDA implemented FSMA through an animal-food preventive-controls rule. This demonstrates later regulatory implementation relevant to animal feed safety and pathogens, but it still does not fully satisfy the narrower promise to advance legislation clarifying regulation of animal feed substances for pathogen reduction.

partial later_term A for effort

Current Good Manufacturing Practice, Hazard Analysis, and Risk-Based Preventive Controls for Food for Animals
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Congress.gov identifies Grassley as serving in the Senate from the 97th through 119th Congresses and lists his member activity, including sponsored legislation, cosponsored legislation, remarks, and policy areas.

Current official member-activity context confirms Grassley remained in federal office through the current Congress. Targeted searches found no concrete official action in the 2026-06-07 to 2026-07-06 lookback window showing new delivery, reversal, abandonment, or enactment of the specific animal-feed-substance legislation.

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Senator Chuck Grassley Member Activity, Congress.gov
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