Draft Guidance for Industry: Channels of Trade Policy for Commodities With Methyl Parathion Residues; Availability

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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the availability of a proposed guidance document entitled "Guidance for Industry: Channels of Trade Policy for Commodities With Methyl Parathion Residues" (the proposed guidance). The proposed guidance presents FDA's policy for implementing the channels of trade provision for the pesticide chemical methyl parathion in of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) as amended by the Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA) of 1996. The proposed guidance is intended to assist firms in understanding FDA's planned approach to the enforcement of this provision of the FQPA with regard to residues of methyl parathion in food.