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Legal Alert – Newest Food Safety Rules Approach Deadline
by Joseph S. Kiefer
In June, a federal judge in California ordered the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) to issue proposed rules for the Food Safety Modernization Act (“FSMA”) by November 30, 2013. In July, the agency requested an extension for two of five rules that must be proposed by the November deadline. One of the primary areas at issue is known as the “intentional adulteration” or “anti-terrorism” rule related to contamination of food primarily from foreign markets. The agency requested an additional two years to develop this rule, indicating it had not previously regulated in this area.
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