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FSMA Guidance: Qualified Facility Q&A
FDA issues draft guidance regarding "qualified facilities" under FSMA HARPC framework. In September 2015, FDA issued final rules to implement the hazard analysis and risk-based preventive control (HARPC) provisions of…
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FSMA Flash: Upcoming Public Meetings
FDA hosting three public meetings to focus on FSMA import provisions. With FSMA implementation in full swing, FDA has announced that it will be hosting three one-day public meetings in…
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Oh, Canada (An FSVP Update)
FDA recognizes Canada's food safety system as comparable to U.S. As previously covered on this blog, FDA has issued a final rule to implement its Foreign Supplier Verification Program (FSVP)…
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FSMA Final Rule Watch: Whistleblower Protection
OSHA issues final rule implementing FSMA whistleblower provisions. The FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) added section 1012 to the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FD&C Act) to provide…
Food Safety News
OSHA finalizes protection for food safety whistleblowers
By Coral Beach
Food company employees — from field workers to grocery store clerks — are on the front lines of food safety efforts but are sometimes reluctant to speak up about problems…
A Seat at the Table
FDA Issues Final Rule Addressing Sanitary Transportation of Food Under FSMA
By Joe Levitt, Maile Hermida, Elizabeth Fawell
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently published a final rule addressing Sanitary Transportation of Human and Animal Food (STHAF). This is the sixth major final rule FDA has issued…
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FSMA Final Rule Follow-Up
K&H publishes summary of FSMA final rule to implement sanitary transportation requirements for human and animal food. As promised, Keller and Heckman LLP has prepared a summary of FDA's final…
Global Supply Chain Law Blog
New Food Safety Rule Requiring Sanitary Practices in Transportation
By Ayako Hobbs
The Food and Drug Administration has finalized six of the seven major rules that implement the core of Food Safety Modernization Act. (See previous posts here and here.) Finalized on…
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A Time to Train
Training options available in anticipation of upcoming human HARPC compliance date. Under FDA's hazard analysis and risk-based preventive control (HARPC) requirements for human food and animal food, a food facility's…
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Imports: Risky Business?
Survey of FDA import data suggests food imported from low-GDP countries may pose higher risks. Particularly now that FDA has issued a final rule to implement the Foreign Supplier Verification…