Important Food Manufacturing Law to go into Effect March 1, 2015

Below is a copy of the regulation that will go into effect on March 1, 2015.

This new regulation, “Big Reg,” encompasses many of the regulations that were the responsibility of the Massachusetts Food Protection Program within the Massachusetts Department of Public Health. At the very end of the new “Big Reg” is a list of all the regulations that will be rescinded and now encompassed within this new regulation.

This new Big Reg requires food manufacturers to have recall policies and emergency plans.

Food Manufacturing Final Regulations

Any questions can be brought to Joan Gancarski, a Food Safety Specialist with the Food Protection Program.
E-mail: joan.gancarski@state.ma.us
Phone: (617) 983-6764