The Food and Drug Administration Food Safety Modernization Act; Extension and Clarification of Compliance Dates for Certain Provisions of Four Implementing Rules

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is extending the dates for compliance with certain provisions in four final rules. FDA is extending the compliance dates to address concerns about the practicality of compliance with certain provisions, consider changes to the regulatory text, and better align compliance dates across the rules. In addition, FDA is clarifying certain compliance dates in the Standards for the Growing, Harvesting, Packing, and Holding of Produce for Human Consumption rule.
The notice published in the Federal Register on 24 August 2016, 81 FR 57784 and can be found at: https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2016-08-24/pdf/2016-20176.pdf.