FDA announces enhanced capacity of accredited laboratories to detect mycotoxins in imported foods
USA
Nov 22, 2024
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that sufficient laboratory capacity has been reached for certain import-related food testing, specifically for mycotoxins, under the Laboratory Accreditation for Analyses of Foods (LAAF) program.
The FDA established the LAAF program to improve the accuracy and reliability of certain food testing through the uniformity of standards and enhanced FDA oversight of participating laboratories. Under the program, owners and consignees of certain foods are required to use LAAF- accredited laboratories for certain testing covered by the final rule such as to support removal of a food from import alert or to address other specific food safety issues, among other uses. However, the final rule specified that the agency would not require use of these LAAF-laboratories until sufficient capacity of laboratories capable of doing such testing has been reached.
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