As the intended enforcement discretion period for the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) Agricultural Water Proposed Rule will come to an end on January 26, 2022, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has released a fact sheet to help prepare growers.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has released English and Spanish paper-based versions of its agricultural water assessment builder tool.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking that extends the compliance dates for pre-harvest agricultural water provisions as outlined in the recent 2021 agricultural water proposed rule.

During the Thursday morning Town Hall at the 2022 Food Safety Summit, top food safety regulators from FDA, USDA, CDC, and AFDO discussed initiatives and advances in food traceability, food safety policy, recalls, pathogen monitoring, food safety culture, and a number of other timely areas. 

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has launched its Agricultural Water Assessment Builder to help farms understand Agricultural Water Proposed Rule requirements.