SAN RAFAEL, CA–(Marketwired – May 05, 2016) – SafetyChain Software, leaders in food safety and quality management solutions that automate, streamline and improve food safety and quality programs at all points along a company’s supply chain, is pleased to release the April recording of SafetyChain’s FSMA Fridays session on Sanitary Transportation of Human and Animal Food. The April FSMA Fridays session with […]

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will hold three separate 1-day meetings in relation to the agency’s Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). The meetings–entitled “FDA Food Safety Modernization Act: Focus on Strategic Implementation of Prevention-Oriented Import Safety Programs”–will be held in three different U.S. regions and are aimed at […]

If you sell or import foods, you need to understand how you’re affected by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)’s FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) regulations that mandate supplier verification for all food sold in the United States. These new rules are detailed, document-heavy, and prescriptive—and they take […]

ROCHESTER, Minn. — Changes to regulations surrounding grain storage and processing are ahead via the Food Safety Modernization Act, which gave the Food and Drug Administration new authority over human and animal food. Luckily, many operations already have practices in place fitting the rules FDA has released guiding its new […]

We’ve got to continue doing this with the people working on the nation’s farms–since the produce safety rule issued in late 2015 primarily involves them. This was a lesson learned in our recent trip to southern Florida, where we toured citrus farmlands and took part in a public meeting on […]

ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA, U.S. — On a quick, initial review of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) final rule onSanitary Transportation of Human and Animal Food, the American Feed Industry Association (AFIA) finds the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) made changes requested by the animal food industry to provide flexibility […]

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Final Rule on the Sanitary Transportation of Human and Animal Food under the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), issued on April 5, 2016, exempts food-contact substances. This rule provides for the sanitary transportation of food, and applies to shippers, loaders, carriers by motor vehicle and rail vehicle, and […]

Farmers will soon have to start testing their water to comply with the Food Safety Modernization Act. Produce growers must be compliant with the rule’s water testing requirements two years after their compliance date for the other FSMA requirements, said Don Stoeckel, a Cornell Cooperative Extension food safety associate. The […]

Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced its largest allocation of funds yet–$19 million to help state agencies support the implementation of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). FSMA cannot be successfully implemented without ongoing partnerships between the FDA and the states. Both must provide education and technical assistance to […]

In an effort to complement our conversations about the FDA Food Safety and Modernization Act (FSMA) in the United States, FDA is reaching out to our international partners and stakeholders to discuss implementation of this historic food safety law. I recently visited India, accompanied by Andrew Stephens from the Office […]