FDA Issues Rule on Administrative Detention of Food

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a final rule that adopts,
without change, the interim final rule (IFR) titled “Criteria Used to Order
Administrative Detention of Food for Human or Animal Consumption” that
was published in the Federal Register on May 5, 2011.

Effective February 5, 2013, the final rule affirms IFR’s change to the criteria for
ordering administrative detention of human or animal food as required by the
FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). Under the new criteria, “FDA can
order an administrative detention if there is reason to believe that an article of
food is adulterated or misbranded.” See Federal Register, February 5, 2013.