FSMA Final Rule on Laboratory Accreditation for Analyses of Foods (LAAF)

FSMA's final rule on Laboratory Accreditation for Analyses of Foods (LAAF) establishes a laboratory accreditation program for testing food. Under the LAAF program, FDA will recognize accreditation bodies (ABs) that will accredit laboratories to the standards established in the final rule. FDA will maintain an online public registry listing recognized accredited bodies and LAAF-accredited laboratories.  When there is sufficient LAAF-accredited laboratory capacity for the food testing covered by the final rule, the agency will publish a document that they will be required to use a LAAF-accredited laboratory for food testing. Once the LAAF program is fully implemented, only LAAF-accredited laboratories will be able to conduct food testing in certain circumstances that are defined in the final rule. @ https://www.fda.gov/food/food-safety-modernization-act-fsma/fsma-final-rule-laboratory-accreditation-analyses-foods-laaf