USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service has announced a series of public meetings to discuss and receive public input on the Agency's draft proposed guidance concerning Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points Validation. FSIS made a preliminary draft of the validation guidance available in March. The department says the guidance does not create any new requirements on establishments, but rather clarifies existing requirements and provides direction on how processors, especially small processors, can meet them.
The first public meeting will be held June 14 from 8:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. in the USDA South Building in Washington, D.C. The preliminary draft guidance and more information on validation, as well as pre-registration are available on the FSIS Web site at www.fsis.usda.gov. Comments on the preliminary draft are due June 19.
FSIS will announce an updated draft document in the Federal Register in July for a second round of comments. As part of the second comment period, FSIS will hold two additional public meetings. Each will include presentations, a question and answer period, and a public comment period.
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