The agency’s new Small Entity Compliance Guides (SECG) help small and very small businesses comply with FSMA’s Intentional Adulteration Rule and the Produce Safety Rule. They provide recommendations on such topics as developing a food defense plan and records management, and advice for farmers to determine whether they are eligible for qualified exemptions, which would modify the requirements they are subject to under the Produce Safety Rule.
In addition, the FDA completes a large-scale sampling study to learn more about potential contamination in these products. The agency collected 825 samples from 37 states, Puerto Rico, and the District of Columbia, and found that most of the positive samples came from a small number of sprouting operations: A total of 14 positive samples were found at eight of the 94 growers, and 10 of these samples came from just four growers. FDA found Salmonella on 2.35% of seed samples, Listeria monocytogenes on 1.28% of finished sprouts, and none of the finished sprout or spent irrigation water samples tested positive for E.coli O157:H7.
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