The U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) recently launched a new one-hour training program to help carriers comply with the Sanitary Transportation of Human and Animal Food Rule, also known as the Sanitary Transportation Rule. This FDA rule requires carriers to provide food safety training when the shipper and carrier agree in a contract that the carrier is responsible for sanitary conditions during the shipping. Carriers may use this program to satisfy they minimum requirements under the rule or may use the program as a supplement to their own training. The program is not required and may be used as an additional resource to carriers offering their own training or receiving training from a third-party. The course is designed to help carrier personnel identify potential food safety problems and give information on basic sanitary practices and carrier responsibilities relating to the Sanitary Transportation Rule.