[US] Congress Considers Further Delays in Food Safety Rules; FDA Extends Comment Period

A number of regulations implementing the Food Safety Modernization Act could be further delayed if Congress approves a House-backed provision as part of the farm bill currently under consideration. This provision could make it more difficult for the FDA to comply with a federal court order directing the agency to issue all FSMA final rules no later than June 30, 2015. In the meantime the FDA has given interested parties an extra week to comment on two FSMA proposals...

This has been excerpted from the 19 November 2013 article by Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg LLP, and is available in its entirety at http://www.strtrade.com/news-publications-food-safety-rules-FDA-111913.html.