FDA Proposes Rule to Prevent Food Safety Risks During Transportation

Proposed regulation marks seventh and final major rule under FDA Food Safety Modernization Act

Silver Spring, Maryland—(ENEWSPF)—January 31, 2014. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today proposed a rule that would require certain shippers, receivers, and carriers who transport food by motor or rail vehicles to take steps to prevent the contamination of human and animal food during transportation.

Part of the implementation of the Sanitary Food Transportation Act of 2005, the proposal marks the…