FDA to delay ag-water rule until 2022

The FDA will soon announce a two-year delay on a rule setting water-quality standards for large produce farms, said Frank Yiannas, the agency’s deputy commissioner for food safety, on Thursday. Yiannas said the delay grew out of the FDA’s investigation of an outbreak of food-borne illness linked to romaine lettuce. Yiannas mentioned the delay of… » Read More

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