After the Senate buried provisions stripping food safety regulations in its emergency spending bill to end the forty-four-day government shutdown, the House followed suit and introduced additional clauses that would temporarily bar states from regulating which foods manufacturers can label “healthy” and suspend new listeria regulations for “low-risk ready-to-eat” foods, according to a Lever review of the legislation.

The move follows a multimillion-dollar lobbying blitz and pushback from companies and organizations that stand to benefit from the provisions. It also comes amid growing public concern over listeria outbreaks, including those linked to ready-to-eat foods that regulators generally consider low risk.

The House spending bill includes a provision, effective until 2028, that bars states from enacting their own labeling requirements for foods deemed “healthy,” such as restricting the definition to foods with limited amounts of saturated fats and added sugars. The provision also establishes a grace period for food companies to adopt new “healthy” food labeling changes.