Under
the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), the Food and Drug Administration
(FDA) has been charged with creating a new produce safety regulation that
reduces the risk of illnesses associated with fresh produce. In turn, FDA has announced its intention to “prepare
an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) that will evaluate the potential
environmental effects of the proposed rule.”
As
part of preparing the Produce Safety Regulation EIS, FDA has initiated a “scoping
process” which seeks public comments to help determine which issues will be included
within the scope of the environmental analysis.
FDA has established that the public comment period will open on August
19, 2013 and close on November 15, 2013.
For
information relating to submitting comments, please see the following Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition Constituent Update.
For
information relating to FSMA, please see FDA'S FSMA Website.
Written
by M. Sean High – Research Fellow
The
Penn State Law Agricultural Law Resource and Reference Center
August
20, 2013
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