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Bio-confusion: new FDA rules on recordkeeping, intended to help prevent bioterrorism, could end up costing, food suppliers a bundle.(Food and Drug Administration)Barlas, Stephen Food marketers are scratching their heads over the FDA2s final Bioterrorism Act rule on recordkeeping, which goes into effect for large companies in December. Even the public meeting the Food and Drug Administration held in January failed to clarify the rule's arcane provisions, which the agency estimates--to disbelieving guffaws--will cost meat, poultry, drink, packaged and frozen food manufacturers no more than $1,000 a year. The agency is now furiously working on a guidance document it hopes to publish in the coming months in an effort to demystify a rule that is, for many food ...
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