Zdrowie i gospodarka · 06/07/1999

Preliminary Regulatory Impact Analysis and Initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis of the Proposed Rule to Require Refrigeration of Shell Eggs at Retail and Safe Handling Labels

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is publishing both the preliminary regulatory impact analysis prepared under Executive Order 12866 and the initial regulatory flexibility analysis prepared under the Regulatory Flexibility Act on the proposed rule (published elsewhere in this issue of the Federal Register) to require shell eggs to contain safe handling statements and to be stored and displayed under refrigeration at 7.2 deg.C when held by retail establishments. FDA is issuing the proposed rule because of the large number of illnesses and deaths caused by Salmonella enteritidis (SE) associated with shell eggs that have not been treated to destroy the pathogen. The proposed rule is intended to ensure that consumers will have the information necessary to protect themselves from eggs contaminated with SE and to ensure that eggs will be held at retail at temperatures that discourage pathogen growth.