Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition - Constituent Update
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FDA Releases Supplement to the 2013 Food Code
July 2, 2015
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued the Supplement to the 2013 Food Code. The update addresses recommendations made by regulatory officials, industry, academia, and consumers
at the 2014 Biennial Meeting of the Conference for Food Protection.
The Food Code and its Supplement provide government and industry with practical, science-based controls for reducing the risk of foodborne illness in retail and foodservice establishments
of all types. The Food Code and the Supplement are joint projects of the FDA, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the United States Department of Agriculture – Food Safety Inspection Service.
The Supplement modifies the 2013 Food Code to:
The Food Code is the model for retail food regulations in all 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. The FDA encourages its state, local, tribal, and territorial partners
to adopt the latest version of the FDA Food Code, including the Supplement to the 2013 Food Code.
FDA’s National Retail Food Team assists regulatory officials, educators, and industry in their efforts to understand, adopt, and implement, the FDA Food Code. Inquiries may be sent to:
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Regional Retail Food Specialist.
The 2013 FDA Food Code and its Supplement is available on the FDA website at
http://www.fda.gov/FoodCode.
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