FDA Produce Safety Rule: Farms and Qualified Exemption

Farms eligible for the qualified exemption would be subject to proposed subparts A, Q, and R.

The proposed rule would also require a farm eligible for the qualified exemption to do the following:

• When a food packaging label is required on food that would otherwise be covered produce under the FD&C Act or its implementing regulations, the farm must include prominently and conspicuously on the food packaging label the name and the complete business address of the farm where the covered produce was grown;
• When a food packaging label is not required on food that would otherwise be covered produce under the FD&C Act or its implementing regulations, the farm must prominently and conspicuously display, at the point of purchase, the name and complete business address of the farm where the produce was grown on a label, poster, sign, placard, or documents delivered contemporaneously with the produce in the normal course of business, or, in the case of Internet sales, in an electronic notice.

The complete business address would be required to include the street address or post office box, city, state, and zip code for domestic farms, and comparable full address information for foreign farms