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RIN: 0910-AH31

Publication ID: Fall 2021

Title: Laboratory Accreditation for Analyses of Foods
Abstract: This rule will enable FDA to recognize accreditation bodies that will accredit laboratories to perform analyses of food under certain circumstances to help ensure appropriate use of equipment, personnel, and procedures to conduct reliable analyses. A program for accredited laboratories will increase the number of qualified laboratories eligible to perform testing of food, which will help FDA improve the safety of the U.S. food supply.
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services(HHS)	Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda	Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule Stage
Major: No	Unfunded Mandates: No
CFR Citation: 21 CFR 1
Legal Authority: 21 U.S.C. 350k 21 U.S.C. 371(a) ...

Legal Deadline:

Action	Source	Description	Date
Other	Statutory	Establish a program for the testing of food by accredited laboratories and a public registry of recognized accreditation bodies and laboratories accredited by recognized accreditation bodies.	01/04/2013
Final	Judicial	FDA to send final rule to OFR.	02/04/2022

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite
NPRM	11/04/2019	84 FR 59452
NPRM Comment Period End	03/03/2020
NPRM Comment Period Extended	02/28/2020	85 FR 11893
NPRM Comment Period Extended	04/06/2020	85 FR 19114
NPRM Comment Period End	07/06/2020
Final Rule	02/00/2022

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes	Government Levels Affected: Undetermined
Small Entities Affected: Businesses	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: Yes
Agency Contact: Stacie Hammack Chemist Department of Health and Human Services Food and Drug Administration Office of Regulatory Affairs, Food and Feed Laboratory Operations, 60 8th Street NE, Atlanta, GA 30309 Phone:301 796-5817 Email: stacie.hammack@fda.hhs.gov