FDA Proposes Compliance Dates for Pre-Harvest Agricultural Water Requirements and Specifies Duration of Enforcement Discretion for Harvest and Post-Harvest Requirements

In December 2021, FDA published a notice of proposed rulemaking to amend the agricultural water provisions of the “Standards for the Growing, Harvesting, Packing, and Holding of Produce for Human Consumption” (i.e., the “Produce Safety Rule”). The proposed revisions were in response to stakeholder concerns that the pre-harvest agricultural water provisions were too complex and... Continue Reading