- Part Number:1987
- Part Number Title:Procedures for Handling Retaliation Complaints Under Section 402 of the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act
- Subpart:1987 Subpart A
- Subpart Title:Complaints, Investigations, Findings and Preliminary Orders
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- Title:Purpose and scope.
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This part sets forth the procedures for, and interpretations of, section 402 of the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), Public Law 111-353, 124 Stat. 3885, which was signed into law on January 4, 2011. Section 402 of the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act amended the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FD&C), 21 U.S.C. 301 et seq., by adding new section 1012. See 21 U.S.C. 399d. Section 1012 of the FD&C provides protection for an employee from retaliation because the employee has engaged in protected activity pertaining to a violation or alleged violation of the FD&C, or any order, rule, regulation, standard, or ban under the FD&C.
[79 FR 8627, Feb. 13, 2014; 81 FR 22539, April 18, 2016]