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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

Food Safety Modernization Act Final Rule on Produce Safety: Standards for the Growing, Harvesting, Packing, and Holding of Produce for Human Consumption

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HHS Non-systematic Review

Source: Food and Drug Administration

Last Reviewed: August 2019

Workgroups: Food Safety Workgroup

This webpage provides information and resources about the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Final Rule on Produce Safety. The rule aims to reduce foodborne illness from eating contaminated produce by setting science-based standards for growing, harvesting, packing, and storing produce intended for humans to eat.

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Objectives related to this resource (3)

Reduce infections caused by Campylobacter — FS‑01
Little or no detectable change
Reduce infections caused by Listeria — FS‑03
Improving
Reduce infections caused by Salmonella — FS‑04
Improving

Suggested Citation

1.

U.S. Food and Drug Administration. (n.d.). FMSA final rule on produce safety: standards for the growing, harvesting, packing, and holding of produce for human consumption. Retrieved from https://www.fda.gov/food/food-safety-modernization-act-fsma/fsma-final-rule-produce-safety