Retail Waiver From Sanitary Transportation Rule Only Applies to Human Food, FDA Says
A waiver from sanitary transportation requirements for retail food applies only to establishments that sell human food, the Food and Drug Administration said in a guidance document issued Aug. 14. The waiver, issued in April (see 1704050026), had been the…
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subject of some confusion, because the term “retail food establishment” can also apply to animal food, FDA said. Establishments that sell both human and animal food may qualify for the waiver, FDA said. But the “retail food establishment waiver does not extend to establishments that sell food for animals and do not sell food for humans,” FDA said. The sanitary transportation rule, required by the Food Safety Modernization Act, began taking effect in April (see 1604050023).