FDA Seeks Data on Rarely Consumed Raw Produce Commodities for Produce Safety Rule Exemption
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued an official Request for Information (RFI) to open a docket for data and information related to produce that has been known to have no or low reported consumption. Any data collected will be used to consider whether any of these produce commodities should be added to the rarely consumed raw (RCR) list and thereby exempt from the Produce Safety rule.
Upon FDA’s publishing of the Produce Safety rule, it included a list of RCR commodities that are almost always consumed in the U.S. after cooking, the kill step that can adequately reduce the presence of microorganisms of public health significance in most cases.