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DOT/RSPA RIN: 2137-AC00 Publication ID: Fall 1995 
Title: Safeguarding Food From Contamination During Transportation 
Abstract: The Sanitary Food Transportation Act of 1990 (SFTA; Pub. L. 101-500) requires the Secretary of Transportation, in consultation with the Secretaries of Agriculture and Health and Human Services and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, to issue regulations concerning the transportation of food, food additives, drugs, devices, and cosmetics in motor and rail vehicles also used to transport nonfood products that could pose an unreasonable danger to human or animal health when so transported. This rulemaking will implement the statutory requirements. This rulemaking is significant because of substantial public and congressional interest. 
Agency: Department of Transportation(DOT)  Priority: Other Significant 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Long-Term Actions 
CFR Citation: 49 CFR 1   
Legal Authority: 49 USC 5701 to 5714   
Legal Deadline:
Action Source Description Date
Final  Statutory    08/01/1991 
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
ANPRM  02/20/1991  56 FR 6934   
ANPRM Comment Period Extended to 04/29/91  03/21/1991  56 FR 11982   
ANPRM Comment Period End  03/26/1991    
NPRM  05/21/1993  58 FR 29698   
Public Hearings Notice  05/21/1993  58 FR 29698   
NPRM Comment Period End  10/18/1993    
Additional Information: Docket FS-1. ^PANALYSIS: Regulatory Evaluation, 05/21/93, 58 FR 29698
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: None 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
Agency Contact:
E. Richards
Department of Transportation
Research and Special Programs Administration
400 Seventh Street SW,
Washington, DC 20590-0001
Phone:202 366-0656