Draft Guidance on Pistachio, Salmonella Risk Issued

WASHINGTON—The Food and Drug Administration announced the availability of a draft guidance for industry, “Guidance for Industry: Measures to Address the Risk for Contamination by Salmonella Species in Food Containing a Pistachio-Derived Product as an Ingredient.”
When finalized, the guidance is intended to clarify for manufacturers who produce foods containing a pistachio-derived product as an ingredient that there is a risk that Salmonella species may be present in the incoming pistachio-derived product, and to recommend measures to address that risk.
Submit written or electronic comments concerning the draft guidance by August 28, 2009.