Depending on the type of food business in question, the deadline for compliance with FSMA could have been be as early as September 2016 or they could be as late as September 2018:
- Very small businesses averaging less than $1 million per year in annual sales of human food: September 2018
- Business subject to the Pasteurized Milk Ordinance: September 2018
- Small business with fewer than 500 full-time employees: September 2017
- All other businesses: September 2016
