FDA guidance is designed to give certain co-manufacturers more time to meet supplier approval and verification requirements under FSMA.     FDA has issued guidance designed to give certain co-manufacturers more time to meet supplier approval and verification requirements under three FSMA regulations. The Preventive Controls for Human Foods, Preventive […]

  Enacted by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) was signed into law in 2011. This piece of legislation aims to ensure that food supply in America, and worldwide, is safe from bacteria, illness or adverse side effect as a result of contaminated […]

Before the Food Safety Modernization Act, no protection from retaliation existed for privately employed food and agriculture workers who took action because of concerns about food safety. Section 402 is the FSMA’s answer to that problem. It gives those employees protection from being discharged or punished for carrying out their […]

Many crop producers aren’t used to regulations, so the new guidelines that start going into effect next year signify big changes in rural America. When the Food Safety Modernization Act was signed into law in 2011, much of the focus was on the tougher standards that manufacturing and processing facilities […]

This article discusses FSMA-related regulations and stresses the impact the regulations will have on the dietary supplement industry. Introduction Since the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) was signed into law in January of 2011, regulatory professionals in the food and dietary supplement areas have been barraged.1 Seldom has one act […]

COLUMBUS — A publication released by the Ohio Ecological Food and Farm Association (OEFFA) will help produce farmers understand what it means to develop a farm food safety plan and meet new federal food safety rules. Food Safety Planning Down on the Farm: Examples from Ohio Certified Organic Farms features […]

The rollout of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) is in full swing across the food industry, and this August small businesses with 500 or fewer employees will be required to implement the standard as well. And while the last wave of businesses (those that are considered “very small”: food […]

Help your organization assess its level of compliance to FSMA Sanitary Transportation Rule. The FSMA rule on Sanitary Transportation of Human and Animal Food is now final, advancing FDA’s efforts to protect foods from farm to table by keeping them safe from contamination during transportation. Sanitary Transportation is one of […]

WASHINGTON, D.C., U.S. – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a pair of guidance documentsto comply with several parts of the Food Safety and Modernization Act (FSMA). The documents are intended for facilities that may be subject to its Preventive Controls for Animal Food Rule or the Preventive Controls for Human Food […]

Since the new rules for the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) were developed, and especially since the Preventive Controls for Human Food rule was released, food manufacturers of all sizes have been working intensely to determine how to implement them into their culture and new food safety plans. FSMA has […]