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In a blog Baylen Linnekin writes that while as of this week the produce rule applies only to large farms (Making < $500,000 in sales/Y), by 2020 FSMA will apply to farms with revenues of $25,000-$250,000. Many farmers fear the cost of compliance. The FDA cost estimate is $13,000/Y, while for large farms the estimate is $30,000/Y. That means that for some small farmers, compliance costs could eat more than half of their revenue. For larger farms, compliance costs will amount to less than one percent of revenue. There are reservations about the cost-benefit of this rule and if Congress should have passed the law. @ http://reason.com/blog/2018/02/03/fda-begins-implementing-awful-food-s-new

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FDA and USDA sign the agreement

U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue and FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, M.D. announced a formal agreement to make the oversight of food more efficient and effective by increasing the coordination between the two agencies. The formal agreement outlines efforts to increase interagency collaboration, efficiency and effectiveness on produce safety and biotechnology activities while providing clarity to manufacturers. Perdue said “…formal agreement to promote coordination and the streamlining of capacities and obligations on shared concerns and jurisdiction,” FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, M.D said, “Secretary Perdue and I share a deep commitment to further strengthening our nation’s food safety system in the most effective and transparent way,”. @ https://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/Newsroom/PressAnnouncements/ucm594424.htm