WSR 25-15-139
PERMANENT RULES
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
[Filed July 22, 2025, 11:12 a.m., effective August 22, 2025]
Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.
Purpose: This rule-making order establishes chapter 16-180 WAC, Produce safety, in order to adopt the 2024 version of the United States Food and Drug Administration's produce safety rule (21 C.F.R. Part 112).
Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: New WAC 16-180-005 and 16-180-010.
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 25-10-045 on May 1, 2025.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 2, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at the Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's own Initiative: New 2, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 2, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Date Adopted: July 22, 2025.
Derek I. Sandison
Director
RDS-6269.2
Chapter 16-180 WAC
PRODUCE SAFETY
NEW SECTION
WAC 16-180-005Purpose of this rule.
The purpose of this chapter is to implement the purpose and provisions of chapter
15.135 RCW.
NEW SECTION
WAC 16-180-010Adoption of the federal Produce Safety Rule.
The Washington state department of agriculture adopts the federal Produce Safety Rule, codified in 21 C.F.R. Part 112, effective July 5, 2024, for the growing, harvesting, packing, and holding of produce for human consumption. The Produce Safety Rule may be obtained from the department by emailing producesafety@agr.wa.gov, by phone at 360-902-1848 or online at https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-21/chapter-I/subchapter-B/part-112.