This bill amends federal food safety law to allow the FDA to share unredacted food safety information with state, local, tribal, and territorial health authorities. The shared information can include foodborne illness surveillance data, lab test results, inspection findings, recall distribution lists, and consumer complaints, and must be shared as quickly as reasonably possible. State and local authorities receiving this information cannot further disclose it without FDA permission unless necessary to contain an outbreak, conduct a recall, or enforce state health laws. The bill also extends the grant period for food safety enhancement programs from three to five years and makes continued funding contingent on successful program evaluations after the first year. This legislation affects the FDA, state and local health departments, and ultimately the public by improving coordination on food safety issues.
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