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FSMA – Qualified Exemption for Certain Farms


As required by FSMA, certain farms would be exempt from most of the requirements of the proposed rule and would instead be subject to modified requirements. This qualified exemption could be withdrawn under certain circumstances. The following farms would be eligible for the qualified exemption:

  • for which, during the previous 3-year period preceding the applicable calendar year:
  • The average annual monetary value of the food sold directly to qualified end-users during such period exceeded the average annual value of the food sold to all other buyers during that period;
  • The average annual monetary value of all food sold during such period was less than
  • $500,000, adjusted for inflation.