FDA Eases Requirements For Roadside Stands, Farmers Markets, CSAs

FDA is proposing to expand the definition of retail food establishments to include roadside stands, farmers markets and community supported agriculture programs (CSAs), thereby exempting farms that sell their products directly to consumers using these methods from facility registration requirements under the Food Safety and Modernization Act (FSMA). FDA said in a constituent update on the proposed rule that there are roughly 71,000 farms that only sell food products directly to consumers through roadside stands, farmers markets or CSAs, but...