Passage of food safety bill in Senate improves chances for FDA reforms this session

By John Herlihy, PhD

The Senate has passed the Making America’s Food Safer Act, moving a package of potential FDA food safety reforms one step closer to enactment. The legislation would expand third-party certification to domestic food facilities, broaden data sharing with state and local authorities and give FDA new authority over hazardous imports.

Its bipartisan progress also comes as FDA shifts its inspection strategy toward imported and higher-risk foods, raising broader questions about how food safety oversight could evolve.

This AgencyIQ analysis examines how the legislation fits into FDA’s changing oversight strategy and what its Senate passage could mean for food safety reform in the months ahead.

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