Some say today is why so many in the food industry missed out on summer. Today is the compliance day for two major elements of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), meaning it’s time to begin dotting your documenting i’s and crossing your regulatory t’s. And it’s best to celebrate compliance […]

Dive Brief: Manufacturers may need additional assistance and clarifications from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration regarding import safety rules under Food Safety Modernization Act guidelines, according to findings the FDA outlined in a 22-page report released last week. The report covers questions and challenges manufacturers face when complying with […]

3M Food Safety recently certified 20 of its technical service team members and sales representatives with Preventive Controls Qualified Individual (PCQI) to help customers train and comply with the new Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) requirement. The training preceded the September 16, 2016 deadline date for food processors to have […]

Martínez de la Torre, Ver.- El Consejo de Productores y Exportadores de Limón Persa (COPELP) ha iniciado un programa para dar a conocer a los citricultores de la región sobre la ley de Modernización de la Inocuidad de los Alimentos (FSMA), que se implementará el próximo año, y ya se […]

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today announced the awarding of a total of $21.8 million to support 42 states to help implement the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) produce safety rule. The rule, which the FDA finalized in November 2015, establishes science-based minimum standards for the safe growing, […]

TALCA, CHILE — The divided highway south of Santiago quickly gives up what much of this country is about as the fields change from grapes to nuts. Chile’s renewable food industry is an exporting phenomenon for this country of almost 18 million. It has grown up quickly and now equals […]

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is moving forward with implementing the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), with the first major compliance dates beginning next month for large food facilities. While the major provisions of the FSMA rules are being implemented as planned, the FDA yesterday issued a final […]

On August 24, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA or Agency) issued a final rule (Final Rule) that extends and clarifies the compliance dates for a limited subset of Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) requirements in four of the seven foundational rules part of FDA’s FSMA implementation.1 The four rules […]

All three draft guidances are now available to the public and are meant to assist domestic and foreign food companies in complying with the Current Good Manufacturing Practice (CGMP) requirements, which include guidance in the following areas: personnel, plant and grounds, sanitation, water supply and plumbing, equipment and utensils, plant […]

U.S. feed industry leaders say, for the most part, feed manufacturers are ready to comply with the first phase of the sweeping Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) that takes affect for large-sized businesses this September. “As a whole, animal food companies are in a pretty good place in terms of […]