H.R. 9749: Protecting America’s Food Supply Act of 2026

This bill would require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to examine food products imported into the United States from foreign facilities and report on the results.

What the assessment would cover

The required assessment would look at:

• The public health risk associated with imported food products, broken down by country of origin.
• The history of safety violations and recalls involving those products.
• How much of these products are entering the United States.
• How well U.S. and foreign regulators coordinate when inspecting these products.

What the government would have to publish

No later than one year after enactment, HHS would have to post the results on a publicly accessible website. The posted information would include:

• A summary of the assessment’s findings.
• Annual targets for the number of foreign food facility inspections the FDA is supposed to conduct.
• The actual number of inspections that were conducted.
• General trends in inspections, including by type of product and country of origin.
• An assessment of whether FDA’s risk-based inspections of foreign food facilities are consistent with the Food Safety Modernization Act and its amendments.

Ongoing updates

The bill would also require HHS to keep this information updated on an ongoing basis after it is first published.

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