FDA Adds Heat Treatment Info to Draft Guidance on Preventive Controls Rules for Human Food

The Food and Drug Administration updated a draft guidance document on its hazard analysis and preventive controls regulations for human food to add a new chapter on heat treatment, it said. FDA said it “intends to publish at least 14 chapters of the guidance,” which was first issued in August 2016 (see 1608230028), “and will continue to announce the availability of each chapter as it becomes available.” This latest section is chapter six. The next compliance date for food facilities subject to the rule is Sept. 18, 2017, when small businesses with fewer than 500 full-time employees are required to comply.