Today the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced that it is hosting a public meeting on the supplemental proposed FSMA rules published on September 19.   The meeting will be held on November 13, 2014, from 8:30-5:30 pm.  The Agency published supplemental proposed rules on the Preventive Controls for Human Food Rule, Preventive Controls for Animal Food Rule, Foreign Supplier Verification Program Rule, and Produce Safety Rule.  For more information please see this Lieberman PLLC regulatory alert and the webinar held by Erik Lieberman on the Supplemental Proposed Rules on September 25.  The replay is available here.  Please contact Erik Lieberman at erl1@liebermanpllc.com or 202.830.0300 if you have any questions.

From FDA:

The meeting will be held November 13, 2014, 8:30 am – 5:00 pm at the Harvey W. Wiley Federal Building, 5100 Paint Branch Parkway, College Park, MD 20740.

The purpose of the meeting is to solicit oral stakeholder and public comments on the new content of the supplemental proposed rules and to inform the public about the rulemaking process (including how to submit comments, data, and other information to the rulemaking dockets), and to respond to questions about the revised proposed rules.

For general questions about the meeting and to request special accommodations due to a Disability, contact: Juanita Yates, FDA, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, telephone: 240-402-1731, e-mail: juanita.yates@fda.hhs.gov.

Registration and Additional Information

Public Meeting attendees are encouraged to register on-line to attend the meeting in person and via, live Webcast or contact: Courtney Treece, Planning Professionals Ltd., 1210 W. McDermott St., Suite 111, Allen, TX 75013, telephone: 704-258-4983, fax: 469-854-6992, e-mail: ctreece@planningprofessionals.com. Early registration is recommended because seating is limited.

Please note the following important dates:

October 27, 2014: Closing date for request to make Oral Comment

October 27, 2014: Closing date to request special accommodation due to a Disability

November 7, 2014: Closing date for Advanced Registration

December 15, 2014: Closing date to submit either electronic or written comments to FDA’s Division of Dockets Management.

For Foreign Supplier Verification Programs, see Docket No. FDA-2011-N-0143