FSMA provides protection from retaliation to employees who report potential violations of the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act. Whistleblowers who report possible violations by businesses engaged in the manufacture, processing, packing, transporting, distribution, reception, holding or importation of food are protected from retaliation under the current law. The interim final rule establishes procedures, burdens of proof, remedies and statutes of limitations, similar to the other whistleblower protection statutes administered by OSHA.
Comments can be submitted until April 14, 2014, at http://www.regulations.gov, or via mail or facsimile. See the Federal Register notice for more information.