FDA Extends Compliance Dates For Food Safety Modernization Act Implementing Rules

Effective August 24, 2016, FDA issued a final rule extending the compliance dates for four of the seven foundational rules that are part of FDA's implementation of the Food Safety Modernization Act ("FSMA"). Specifically, FDA is extending the compliance dates for the rules titled, "Current Good Manufacturing Practice, Hazard Analysis, and Risk-Based Preventive Controls for Human Food"; "Current Good Manufacturing Practice, Hazard Analysis, and Risk-Based Preventive Controls for Food for Animals"; "Foreign Supplier Verification Programs for Importers of Food for Humans and Animals"; and "Standards for the Growing, Harvesting, Packing, and Holding of Produce for...