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New Web Page and Timeline List Key FSMA Compliance Dates

Constituent Update

October 23, 2017

A new web page on fda.gov lists compliance dates for rules that form the foundation of the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act. These are the:

Preventive Controls for Human Food
Preventive Controls for Animal Food
Produce Safety
Foreign Supplier Verification
Sanitary Transportation
Intentional Adulteration

There is also a graphic timeline on the page that lists key compliance dates by year.

Additionally, the web pages for the two preventive controls rules – which had the first major compliance dates -- have been updated.

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