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FDA Meetings on New Food Safety Rules Set for Chicago March 11-12, Portland March 27-28

The Food and Drug Administration scheduled meetings to discuss its recently proposed produce safety and preventative controls rules in Chicago on March 11-12, and in Portland, Ore., March 27-28. FDA will also ask for comments from stakeholders on the proposed rules, inform the public about the rulemaking process (including how to submit comments, data and other information to the rulemaking dockets), and respond to questions about the proposed rules, it said. FDA already announced a similar meeting in Washington, D.C. Feb. 28 -- March 1.

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(See ITT’s Online Archives 13013027 for summary of FDA’s announcement of the meeting in Washington, D.C. See also ITT’s Online Archives 13010805 and 13010429 for summaries of the produce safety and preventative controls rules, respectively, and 13012401 for report on possible effects of these rules on foreign exporters and U.S. importers.)