Welcome to the Produce Technical Assistance Network (TAN)


In November 2015, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released the Final Rule for Standards for the Growing, Harvesting, Packing, and Holding of Produce for Human Consumption, required by the 2011 FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). This rule establishes science-based standards for the production and harvesting of certain produce, including sprouts.


Information about the Final FSMA Rules can be found here: http://www.fda.gov/Food/FoodSafety/FSMA/default.htm.

Information about the Final Rule on Produce Safety can be found here: https://www.fda.gov/Food/GuidanceRegulation/FSMA/ucm334114.htm.


This website intends to provide a Technical Assistance Network (TAN) whereby technical questions regarding implementation of the requirements of the Produce Safety Rule are answered by Food Safety Resource Team (FSRT) members. For regulation and policy interpretation questions related to the Produce Safety Rule, please submit your inquiry to the FSMA TAN here."

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PRODUCE SAFETY TAN
When submitting your inquiry please do not submit any information your Company would not be comfortable with appearing in the public domain.

A list of Commercial and Confidential Information (CCI) is included below:

Commercial and Confidential Information Examples

Commercial and Confidential Information (CCI) that is privileged or confidential means valuable data or information which is used in one's business and is of a type customarily held in strict confidence or regarded as privileged and not disclosed to any member of the public by the person to whom it belongs. CCI can include, but is not limited to the following:

1. Company name

2. Submitter name

3. Employee names

4. Information relating to the intellectual property and business practices whether or not patented, patentable, capable of trade secret protection, or protected as an unpublished or published work under the United States copyright Act of 1976 as amended.

5. Information relating to research and development, inventions, discoveries, improvements, methods and processes and procedures, know-how, algorithms, formula, ingredients, compositions, work, concepts, designs, ideas prototypes, models drawing, samples, writing, notes, copyrights, and patent applications.

6. Information relating to business plans, products, services, proprietary manufacturing processes and methods that the Company considers confidential, costs, sources of supply, strategic marketing and advertising plans, customer lists, vendor lists, supplier lists, rates paid for goods and services, sales, profits, pricing methods, personnel and business relationships.

7. Information related to non-public violations, enforcement actions, recalls, seizures, and pending inquiries by domestic or foreign regulatory agencies

8. Financial information including all foreign and domestic shareholder information, investments, investment strategies, divestitures, and acquisition strategies.

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