Support the Expanded Food Safety Investigation Act
Factory farms have a lot to hide from the public eye. But what many don’t know is that even during a public health outbreak, factory farms can refuse entry to authorities!
When a neighboring facility has an avian flu outbreak, factory farms don’t have to allow Food and Drug Administration (FDA) investigators to conduct microbial sampling on its premises.
The Expanded Food Safety Investigation Act would enable the FDA to respond to outbreaks and protect our food from contamination. Recently, bird flu, or H5N1 avian influenza, has killed millions of chickens and is infecting people and other animals right now. Factory farms are the perfect host for a multitude of zoonotic diseases, like H5N1, and contribute to increased spread and virulence. Investigators need to be able to protect Americans from avian flu and other public health disasters.
What the Expanded Food Safety Investigation Act Would Do
- Allow the FDA access to concentrated animal-feeding operations (factory farms) to conduct microbial sampling while investigating public health concerns
- Subject factory farms that refuse sampling to penalties