FDA releases final rule to implement sanitary food transportation requirements under FSMA.

• On April 5, FDA announced the issuance of a final rule to implement sanitary food transportation requirements under the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA).  Click here for a pre-publication copy of the final rule.  Click here for an FDA fact sheet summarizing the final rule.

• The final rule establishes requirements for shippers, loaders, carriers by motor vehicle and rail vehicle, and receivers engaged in the transportation of food, including food for animals, to use sanitary transportation practices to ensure the safety of the food they transport.  Companies generally must comply with the new requirements by April 2017.  Small businesses have until April 2018 to comply.

• FDA is hosting a webinar on April 25 to address the new sanitary food transportation requirements.