Hogan Lovells Publications | 07 April 2020

COVID-19 update: FDA announces temporary policy for shell egg producers and updates COVID-19 guidance

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently released guidance regarding compliance with the shell Egg Safety Rule during the COVID-19 pandemic to facilitate the distribution of eggs to retail.

The agency also updated its COVID-19 questions and answers guidance with additional information regarding this development, as well as its guidance providing flexibility for packaging and labeling shell eggs sold at retail, and its temporary policy on food supplier verification onsite audit requirements. We discuss these developments in this post.

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