Posted March 26, 2014
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has extended the comment period for a proposed rule on intentional adulteration of food, part of its implementation on the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). The Federal Register notice is available here.
The proposed rule, “Focused Mitigation Strategies to Protect Food Against Intentional Adulteration,” was published in the Federal Register on December 24, 2013. The extension is a response to requests to allow “interested persons an opportunity to fully review and analyze the approaches FDA has proposed for the rule and its potential impact” on the many types of food operations that will be affected.
The proposed rule, available here, would require domestic and foreign food facilities to address hazards that many be intentionally introduced by acts of terrorism. The food facilities would “be required to identify and implement focused mitigation strategies to significantly minimize or prevent” vulnerabilities identified at certain steps in the food production. Additional information on the proposed rule is available here.
The comment period is extended to June 30, 2014.
For more information on food safety, please visit the National Agricultural Law Center’s website here.
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