According to a news source, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which has released for public comment just two of five major proposed rules to implement the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), will allow the public to comment on all of them once they have all been made available. FDA spokesperson Shelly Burgess said, “We have received some feedback regarding this and FDA will adjust the comment periods to allow the opportunity for the public to comment as a package.” Thus, no comment period will close until all five rules have been published. Information about the initial proposals appears in Issue 466 of this Update. See Law360, March 5, 2013.

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