Source: NATIONAL SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE COALITION, 11/5/15

On November 2, 2015 the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that the food safety rule governing the safe growing, harvesting, packing, and holding of produce — as well as rules governing foreign suppliers and third party accreditation – was submitted to the Federal Register for final publication. FDA recently issued final rules governing food processing facilities, and the publication of the Produce Rule will bring farmers another step closer to new food safety standards that will soon go into effect.

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