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# FDA Seeks Comment on Draft Approach for Designating High-Risk Foods
- URL: https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2014/02/fda-seeks-comment-on-draft-approach-for-designating-high-risk-foods/
- Published: 2014-02-03T14:36:11.000Z
- Updated: 2018-07-31T01:52:29.000Z
- Author: News Desk
- Tags: Food Policy & Law, Government Agencies, FDA, FSMA, high-risk foods, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2025-11-25 08:58

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has released a draft methodological approach to [identifying high-risk foods](http://www.fda.gov/downloads/Food/GuidanceRegulation/FSMA/UCM380212.pdf?ref=foodsafetynews.com) under the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) and will seek comments and scientific data to help refine it. FDA is required under Section 204(d)(2) of FSMA to designate high-risk foods for which additional record-keeping requirements are needed to rapidly and effectively track and trace such foods during foodborne illness outbreaks. The agency is [seeking comment](http://www.fda.gov/Food/NewsEvents/ConstituentUpdates/ucm383648.htm?ref=foodsafetynews.com) on alternative approaches for identifying these foods, the scoring system and how foods should be categorized. The comment period opens Feb. 4\. A deadline has not been announced.