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United States FDA Seeks Comments on the Draft for Methods to Identify High Risk Foods

Pubtime:2014-03-10Author:Source: Hits:

United States FDA published a draft for methods to indentify high risk foods, and perfect collected comments and scientific data. Comments collections would be started from February 4, and ended on April 7. 

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has released a draft methodological approach toidentifying high-risk foods

<http://www.fda.gov/downloads/Food/GuidanceRegulation/FSMA/UCM380212.pdf>

under the Food Safety Modernization Act FSMA and will seek comments and scientific data to help refine it.

FDA is required under Section 204d)(2 of FSMA to designate high-risk foods for which additional record-keeping requirements are needed to rapidly and effectively track and trace such foods during foodborne illness outbreaks.

The agency is seeking comment

<http://www.fda.gov/Food/NewsEvents/ConstituentUpdates/ucm383648.htm>

on alternative approaches for identifying these foods, the scoring system and how foods should be categorized.

The comment period opens Feb. 4. A deadline has not been announced.

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http://www.foodsafetynews.com/2014/02/fda-seeks-comment-on-draft-approach-for-designating-high-risk-foods/#.UvWWr9IW050