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RIN: 0910-AG66

Publication ID: Spring 2014

Title: Accreditation of Third-Party Auditors/Certification Bodies to Conduct Food Safety Audits and to Issue Certifications
Abstract: This rule implements regulations for accreditation of third-party auditors to conduct food safety audits. FDA is taking this action to improve the safety of food that is imported into the United States.
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services(HHS)	Priority: Other Significant
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda	Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Long-Term Actions
Major: No	Unfunded Mandates: No
CFR Citation: 21 CFR 1
Legal Authority: 21 USC 384d PL 111-353 sec 307 FDA Food Safety Modernization Act Other sections of FDA Food Safety Modernization Act, as appropriate 21 USC 371 21 USC 381 21 USC 384b ...

Legal Deadline:

Action	Source	Description	Date
Final	Statutory	Promulgate implementing regulations	07/00/2012

Overall Description of Deadline: Per Public Law 111-353, section 307, promulgate, within 18 months of enactment, certain implementing regulations for accreditation of third-party auditors to conduct food safety audits.

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite
NPRM	07/29/2013	78 FR 45781
NPRM Comment Period End	11/26/2013
NPRM Comment Period Extended	11/20/2013	78 FR 69603
NPRM Comment Period Extended End	01/27/2014
Final Rule	10/00/2015

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No	Government Levels Affected: Undetermined
Federalism: No
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No
International Impacts: This regulatory action will be likely to have international trade and investment effects, or otherwise be of international interest.
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No
Agency Contact: Charlotte A. Christin Senior Advisor Department of Health and Human Services Food and Drug Administration Building 1 Room 3222, 10903 New Hampshire Avenue, Silver Spring, MD 20993 Phone:301 796-7526 Email: charlotte.christin@fda.hhs.gov