The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced that emergency processing is underway for the draft guidance titled “Questions and Answers Regarding the Reportable Food Registry as Established by the Food and Drug Administration Amendments Act of 2007.” When finalized, the guidance will assist industry in complying with the Reportable Food Registry requirements prescribed by the Act, which required FDA to establish within one year of enactment an electronic portal to facilitate reporting of adulterated foods. FDA has delayed until September 8, 2009, implementation of the registry to consider comments and to allow further testing of the electronic portal for reportable foods. Written comments are requested by July 16, 2009. FDA has requested approval of the emergency processing by August 17, 2009. See Federal Register, June 16, 2009.

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