The date for carriers to comply with the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) new food safety rule is around the corner. The rule falls under the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), which passed in 2011 in response to listeria and salmonella outbreaks mainly stemming from the manufacturing, processing, and handling of food. […]

  Why are the regulations so key? FSMA (the US Food Safety Modernization Act) is the first major change in US food safety regulations for several decades and it radically alters the game for US food companies. Apart from this it further drives change over the global supply chain for a […]

The Food and Drug Administration Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) is a “big deal and is here to stay,” Joseph Levitt, partner, Hogan Lovells LLP, Washington, told soft wheat millers participating in the annual spring conference of the North American Millers’ Association on Marco Island on March 13. Mr. Levitt […]

The Belgian Financial Services and Markets Authority (FSMA) has included PWRtrade.com in its list of potential scam brokers. The brokerage company has also received numerous complaints regarding its withdrawal and fraud actions. PWRtrade is owned by GN Capital Ltd and located in the Marshall Islands with an additional address at […]

What should I be doing to prepare my facility for the Preventive Controls for Human Food Rule? While there are still areas of the Preventive Controls for Human Food (PCHF) rule that need clarification for the fresh produce industry, there is plenty that facilities can do now to work toward […]

The Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) plays a large role in global food safety, and the Foreign Supplier Verification Program (FSVP) rule is something every U.S. importer needs to be aware of, since compliance to FSVP begins May 2017. Let’s review how to help your suppliers be ready. The rule […]

Huddled over a laptop in a Syracuse, New York, basement meeting room, Eric Darrow and his father, Nate, debated about what to do if they caught an employee violating their food safety plan. The owners of New York’s Saratoga Apple farm both favored a three-strikes type of policy, but they […]

WASHINGTON, D.C., U.S. — Grain producers and handlers may soon have more powerful data management capabilities to address traceability and the regulatory needs of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), due to a collaborative effort by AgGateway members to create standards for grain-handling information management companies involved in the effort, […]

EFSA proposed a simplified approach to food safety management in small retail businesses such as bakeries, which can be overwhelmed by applying complex hazard analyses. The approach includes guidelines on how to identify the most relevant biological, chemical and physical hazards at each stage of the food production process, the activities […]

This year is being described as “the year of FSMA compliance,” as many compliance dates for the various FSMA rules fall in 2017. As one might expect, the FSMA law and rules include many aspects of the established Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) standard; however, there are also differences in […]