S 1906 — Innovative FEED Act of 2025

Summary

Innovative Feed Enhancement and Economic Development Act of 2025 or the Innovative FEED Act of 2025This bill provides for the regulation of zootechnical animal food substances as food additives.The bill defines zootechnical animal food substance as a substance that is added to the food or drinking water of animals and that affects only the animal's gastrointestinal tract, with the intended purpose of affecting the byproducts of the animal's digestion, reducing foodborne pathogens, or altering the animal's gastrointestinal biome.The definition does not include substances that are used to treat or prevent diseases in animals, hormones, or active ingredients of animal drugs. Labels for zootechnical animal food substances must include a disclaimer that the substance may not be used to treat or prevent diseases in animals.

Bill Text

• Introduced Introduced in Senate Current html May 22, 2025

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The bill adds a definition for 'zootechnical animal food substance' and establishes regulations regarding its labeling and evaluation as a food additive.

• 21 U.S.C. 321

  (tt)(1) The term `zootechnical animal food substance' means a substance that-- (A) is added to the food or drinking water of animals; (B) is intended to-- (i) affect the byproducts of the digestive process of an animal; (ii) reduce the presence of foodborne pathogens of human health significance in an animal intended to be used for food; or (iii) affect the structure or function of the body of the animal, other than by providing nutritive value, by altering the animal's gastrointestinal microbiome; and (C) achieves its intended effect by acting solely within the gastrointestinal tract of the animal. (2) Such term does not include a substance that-- (A) is intended for use in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease in an animal; (B) is a hormone; (C) is an active moiety in an animal drug, which, prior to the filing of a petition under section 409, was approved under section 512, conditionally approved under section 571, indexed under section 572, or for which substantial clinical investigations have been instituted and for which the existence of such investigations has been made public; (D) is an ionophore; or (E) is otherwise excluded from the definition based on criteria established by the Secretary through notice and comment rulemaking. (3) A zootechnical animal food substance shall be deemed to be a food additive within the meaning of paragraph (s) and its introduction into interstate commerce shall be in accordance with a regulation issued under section 409. A zootechnical animal food substance shall not be considered a drug under paragraph (g)(1)(C) solely because the substance has an intended effect described in subparagraph (1).

  This establishes a new definition and regulatory framework for substances added to animal food and drinking water that affect health or structure.

• 21 U.S.C. 348

  (b)(3) In the case of a zootechnical animal food substance, such petition shall, in addition to any explanatory or supporting data, contain-- (A) all relevant data bearing on the effect the zootechnical animal food substance is intended to have and the quantity of such substance required to produce the intended effect; and (B) full reports of investigations made with respect to the intended use of such substance, including full information as to the methods and controls used in conducting such investigations.

  This specifies additional requirements for petitions concerning the safety and intended effects of zootechnical animal food substances.

• 21 U.S.C. 348

  (c)(1)(A)(ii) in the case of a zootechnical animal food substance, the conditions under which such substance may be used to achieve the intended effect.

  This requires regulations to specifically address how zootechnical animal food substances can be used effectively.

• 21 U.S.C. 348

  (c)(3)(C) in the case of a zootechnical animal food substance, fails to establish that the proposed use of the substance, under the conditions of use to be specified in the regulation, will achieve the intended effect.

  This creates a standard for approving the effectiveness of zootechnical animal food substances.

• 21 U.S.C. 343

  (z) If it is a zootechnical animal food substance and the labeling of the food does not include the statement required by section 409(l)(1).

  This adds labeling requirements for zootechnical animal food substances to prevent misbranding.

• 21 U.S.C. 348

  (l) Zootechnical Animal Food Substances.--The labeling of a zootechnical animal food substance-- (1) shall include the statement: `Not for use in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease in animals.'; and (2) may include statements regarding the intended effect of the substance on the structure or function of the body of animals, as set forth in section 201(tt)(1).

  This mandates specific labeling on zootechnical animal food substances, clarifying their purpose and limitations.

Action History

1. May 22, 2025

   Introduced in Senate

2. May 22, 2025

   Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

Sponsors

• Tammy Baldwin · Cosponsor
• Jerry Moran · Cosponsor
• Michael F. Bennet · Cosponsor
• Chuck Grassley · Cosponsor
• King, Angus S., Jr. · Cosponsor
• Amy Klobuchar · Cosponsor
• Susan M. Collins · Cosponsor
• Ted Budd · Cosponsor
• Roger Marshall · Primary

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