Determining the Number of Employees for Purposes of the “Small Business” Definition (Current Good Manufacturing Practices and Preventive Controls Regulations for Human and Animal Food): Guidance for Industry; Availability

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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or Agency) is announcing the availability of a final guidance for industry describing the Agency's current thinking on how to determine the number of employees for purposes of the "small business" definition in the current good manufacturing practice (CGMP), hazard analysis, and risk-based preventive controls for human and animal food rules. The guidance will help industry subject to these rules determine the number of employees for purposes of the "small business" definition.