FDA Jump Starts Broader Records Access Under Food Safety Reform
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
The agency dispenses with notice and comment before imposing an IFR because the authority for expanded access to food product firms’ records was effective when FSMA became law in January 2011. FDA also publishes a draft guidance on FSMA-imposed records regulations.
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