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Draft Guidance for Industry: Considerations for Determining Whether a Measure Provides the Same Level of Public Health Protection as the Corresponding Requirement in 21 CFR part 112 or the Preventive Controls Requirements in part 117 or 507 January 2018

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Draft

Not for implementation. Contains non-binding recommendations.

Docket Number:
FDA-2017-D-0397
Issued by:
Guidance Issuing Office
Human Foods Program

This guidance describes FDA’s current thinking on considerations for determining whether a measure or procedure used in lieu of an FDA requirement in 21 CFR part 112, 117, or 507 provides the same level of public health protection (SLPHP) as the corresponding FDA requirement.

FDA established several key regulations, as required under the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), including those related to: (1) foreign supplier verification programs (FSVP; 21 CFR part 1, subpart L); (2) produce safety standards (Produce Safety; 21 CFR part 112); (3) preventive controls for human food (PC Human Food; 21 CFR part 117); and (4) preventive controls for animal food (PC Animal Food; 21 CFR part 507).

FDA’s guidance documents, including this guidance, do not establish legally enforceable responsibilities. Instead, guidance documents describe FDA’s current thinking on a topic and should be viewed only as recommendations, unless specific regulatory or statutory requirements are cited.

The use of the word should in Agency guidance documents means that something is suggested or recommended, but not required.

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