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Hazard Analysis and Risk-Based Preventive Controls for Human Food; Draft Guidance for Industry; Availability
The Food and Drug Administration published this proposed rule in the Federal Register on October 23, 2026. Comments are due by January 21, 2027.
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What the agency says
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA, the Agency, or we) is announcing the availability of one additional draft chapter of a multichapter draft guidance for industry titled "Hazard Analysis and Risk-Based Preventive Controls for Human Food." This multichapter draft guidance, when finalized, will explain FDA's current thinking on how to comply with the requirements for hazard analysis and risk-based preventive controls under FDA's regulation titled "Current Good Manufacturing Practice, Hazard Analysis, and Risk-Based Preventive Controls for Human Food." The newly available draft chapter is titled "Chapter 12: Control of Chemical Hazards." This draft guidance is not final nor is it in effect at this time.
Key facts
- Document number
- 2026-21669
- Type
- Proposed rule
- Action
- Notification of availability
- Agency
- Health and Human Services Department; Food and Drug Administration
- Published
- October 23, 2026
- Comments due
- January 21, 2027
- Dates
- Submit either electronic or written comments on the draft guidance by January 21, 2027 to ensure that the Agency considers your comment on this draft guidance before it begins work on the final version of the guidance.
- Docket
- Docket No. FDA-2016-D-2343
- Code of Federal Regulations
- 21 CFR 117
- Pages
- 2
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