The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or we) is issuing a final rule to establish requirements for shippers, loaders, carriers by motor vehicle and rail vehicle, and receivers engaged in the transportation of food, including food for animals, to use sanitary transportation practices to ensure the safety of the food they transport. This action is part of our larger effort to focus on prevention of food safety problems throughout the food chain and is part of our implementation of the Sanitary Food Transportation Act of 2005 (2005 SFTA) and the Food Safety Modernization Act of 2011 (FSMA).

Regulatory Impact Analysis

Sanitary Transportation of Human and Animal Food (Final Rule) (PDF - 455KB)

Federal Register: 81 FR 20091, April 6, 2016

Docket: FDA-2013-N-0013