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Regulatory Changes:
Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA)

Required
FSMA Rule
Implementation Date
September 19, 2016,
Preventive Controls for depending on company
Human Food
size
Preventive Controls for September 18, 2017
Animal Food
Sprouts: Jan 26, 2017
Produce: Jan 26, 2018
Produce Safety
Certain water provisions:
Jan 26, 2022*
Foreign Supplier May 30, 2017
Verification
Protection of Food
from Intentional July 26, 2019
Adulteration
Sanitary Transportation
of Human & Animal April 6, 2017
Food
Accreditation of Third-
Party Certification Voluntary Program
Bodies
*Water provisions may be changing, keep abreast of
these changes in EAGLE Newsletters and industry
news.

Preventive Controls in Place of HACCP
The FSMA rules focus on “Preventive Controls” in
addition to a typical HACCP plan. This process is
very similar to the HACCP CCP development
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