FDA Asks for Comments on Criteria for High-Risk Foods With Increased Recordkeeping

The Food and Drug Administration is asking for comments by April 7 on its criteria for designating a list of high-risk foods that will eventually be subject to increased recordkeeping requirements. Under the Food Safety Modernization Act, FDA’s must base its list on criteria that include the severity of past outbreaks, the likelihood of contamination, and the likelihood that contaminated food will cause illness. According to an update from FDA's Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (here), the agency plans to put together its list of high-risk foods by the time it issues an upcoming proposed rule on recordkeeping requirements for high-risk foods.