Typically meat plants are exempt from FDA regulations; however, under certain conditions some meat plants will need to comply with parts of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA).
The FDA representatives in attendance were instrumental in the development and writing of the FDA's Sanitary Transportation of Human and Animal Food Rule.
On April 6, 2016, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published in the Federal Register its long-awaited final rule on Sanitary Transportation of Human and Animal Food (Final Rule).
