# Amendments to Accreditation of Third-Party Certification Bodies To Conduct Food Safety Audits and To Issue Certifications To Provide for the User Fee Program
> **Food and Drug Administration** · Final rule. · Published 2016-12-14 · Effective 2017-01-13 · 81 FR 90186
## Document
- **Document number:** 2016-30033
- **Category:** fda-food
- **Sub-agency:** Food and Drug Administration
- **Federal Register citation:** 81 FR 90186
- **CFR reference:** 21 CFR 1
- **Publication date:** 2016-12-14
- **Effective date:** 2017-01-13
- **HHS docket:** Docket No. FDA-2011-N-0146
## Abstract

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA, the Agency, or we) is amending its regulations on accreditation of third-party certification bodies to conduct food safety audits and to issue certifications to provide for a reimbursement (user fee) program to assess fees for the work FDA performs to establish and administer the third-party certification program under the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA).

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2016/12/14/2016-30033/amendments-to-accreditation-of-third-party-certification-bodies-to-conduct-food-safety-audits-and-to)
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