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Article: FDA speaks on new packaging security measures: the Agency hasn't proposed any new regulations but it does offer a lot of `guidance'. (Packaging Security).(Food and Drug Administration)
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- Food & Drug Packaging
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- January 1, 2002
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The need to secure areas involved in food packaging and processing and to restrict access into those areas are key points of the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) new guidance on food security.
The document also admonishes packagers and processors to watch for and investigate irregularities and keep track of people and products.
Those are key points of the guidance published by FDA on January 9, 2002. The guidance document on Food Security Preventive Measures is for food producers, processors, transporters. (see article "Key points of FDA's security guidance report" at right).
To get more depth on the FDA's concerns on packaging-related ...