FDA Issues Draft Guidance on FSMA Intentional Adulteration Regulations
The Food and Drug Administration recently issued a new draft guidance document to help food facilities comply with new regulations on the intentional adulteration of food. Issued under the Food Safety Modernization Act in 2016 (see 1605260013), the regulations require…
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domestic and foreign food facilities to develop and implement plans to address the risk of intentional acts of terrorism. The rules, which begin taking effect in 2019, do not apply to transportation or farms covered by FDA’s produce safety rule. This first installment of FDA’s guidance “focuses on the components of the food defense plan; how to conduct vulnerability assessments using the key activity type method and how to identify and implement mitigation strategies and food defense monitoring requirements,” FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb said in a statement. Two future installments will cover risk assessments on facilities, training, recordkeeping and how to conduct corrective actions.