Friday, January 4, 2013

FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) - UPDATE

FDA has released for public comment a proposed rule on Preventive Controls for Human Food and a proposed rule on Standards for Produce Safety. See the following resources:




Find Out More

A January 4, 2013 FDA News Release, titled "FDA proposes new food safety standards for foodborne illness prevention and produce safety; Public encouraged to comment on new proposals" is posted at  http://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/Newsroom/PressAnnouncements/ucm334156.htm 

For more information on FDA's Food Safety Modernization Act, visit http://www.fda.gov/fsma

Contacts

Questions about the proposed rule, titled "Current Good Manufacturing Practice and Hazard Analysis and Risk-Based Preventive Controls for Human Food" and the notice, titled "Draft Qualitative Risk Assessment of Risk of Activity/Food Combinations for Activities (Outside the Farm Definition) Conducted in a Facility Co-Located on a Farm; Availability" may be directed to Jenny Scott who is with the FDA Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition in College Park, Maryland at 240 402 2166; e-mail: Jenny.Scott@FDA.HHS.gov

Questions about the FDA Proposed Rule, titled "Standards for the Growing, Harvesting, Packing, and Holding of Produce for Human Consumption" may be directed to Samir Assar who is with the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition in College Park, Maryland at 240 402 1636; e-mail: Samir.Assar@FDA.HHS.gov

Questions about the FDA News Release may be directed to Shelly Burgess at 301 796 4651; e-mail: Shelly.Burgess@FDA.HHS.gov

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