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.
