Final rules for the remaining sections of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) that require rule-making will start rolling out in 2015. These rules will affect food companies, as they cover areas of a food program not previously regulated. We encourage all food companies to focus on these remaining sections and updated their plant programs to ensure they meet anticipated regulations.
The proposed rule for this section was published in January 2013. Since then, additional rules related to this section have been released. In December 2013, FDA released a separate proposed rule titled “Focused Mitigation Strategies to Protect Food Against Intentional Adulteration.” Intentional adulteration was included in the original law for Section 103, but FDA chose to issue separate rules for unintentional and intentional adulteration. In September 2014, the supplemental rule for Section 103 was issued. In it, FDA proposed several revisions to the original rules for human and animal food.