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FSIS Announces New Draft HACCP Guidance and Clarification; Comments Due by July 9

The Food Safety and Inspection Service is asking for comments by July 9 on a clarification of its requirements for validation by an official establishment of its Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) system, which was included in a Federal Register notice. FSIS also announced the availability of, and is requesting comments by July 9 on, a revised draft guidance prepared to assist establishments in appropriately validating their HACCP systems. FSIS said it received and analyzed comments on the initial draft of this guidance, which FSIS posted on its website in March 2010.

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Draft guidance entitled "FSIS Compliance Guideline: HACCP Systems Validation" available here.

FSIS Press Release (dated 05/02/12) available here.