FDA extending comment period for Intentional Adulteration rule

FDA is extending the comment period for the proposed rule on the Intentional Adulteration of food. Comments will be accepted until June 30, 2014.

The rule was originally published December 24, 2013, and is officially titled "Focused Mitigation Strategies to Protect Food Against Intentional Adulteration," and the associated Draft Qualitative Risk Assessment. FDA received request for an extended comment period and has granted a 90-day extension.

Under the proposed rule, a food facility would be required to have a written food defense plan that addresses significant vulnerabilities in its food production process. Facilities then would need to identify and implement strategies to address these vulnerabilities, establish monitoring procedures and corrective actions, verify that the system is working, ensure that personnel assigned to the vulnerable areas receive appropriate training, and maintain certain records.