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FDA Publishes Final Rule on Sanitary Transportation of Human and Animal Food
April 7, 2016, Covington Alert
Yesterday, FDA published in the Federal Register its final rule establishing sanitary transportation requirements for both human and animal food. The rule is intended to ensure that food transportation practices do not create food safety risks. FDA provides a flexible, risk-based approach that largely aims to allow the transportation industry to continue to use industry best practices that are likely already in place concerning cleaning, inspection, maintenance, loading and unloading of, and operation of vehicles and transportation equipment to satisfy the requirements in the final rule. These requirements also align in part with the hazard analysis and risk-based preventive controls requirements for food facilities that were established in FDA’s preventive control final rules for human food and animal food released earlier this year.
September 26, 2018, Covington Alert
This morning (September 26, 2018), FDA announced the availability of a draft guidance for industry and FDA staff, “Public Availability of Lists of Retail Consignees to Effectuate Certain Human and Animal Food Recalls,” that explains how and when FDA intends to publicize retail consignees that may have received recalled human or animal foods.
January 23, 2017, Covington Alert
On Friday, President Trump (through his Chief of Staff) issued a memorandum directing all federal agencies to place a freeze on new or pending federal regulations so that the Trump Administration can review them. This alert explains the scope of this action and analyzes its potential impact on key food regulatory initiatives.
November 17, 2015, Covington Alert