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Food Safety News
FDA Shares Its FSMA Training Strategy
By Lydia Zuraw
In order for the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) to be successfully implemented, training is key. Employees in the food industry are ultimately responsible for getting the training they need…
Food Safety News
Will FSMA Make a Difference?
To answer the question of whether the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) will make a difference, I want to take a look historically at why FSMA ever got passed by…
Food Safety News
The Government’s Role in Food Safety
(U.S. Sen. Jon Tester, a Montana Democrat, was co-author of the Tester-Hagan Amendment to the Food Safety Modernization Act, which exempted certain small, local producers from regulation. He sits on the…
Food Safety News
New Era for Food Safety: What Companies Must Do
By Jennifer McEntire and Shannon Cooksey
The processed food industry has evolved over the past several decades to keep pace with food safety advances, including the development of HACCP and, more recently, the implementation of GFSI-benchmarked…
A Seat at the Table
FDA Issues Final Preventive Controls Rules Under FSMA
By Joe Levitt, Maile Hermida, Elizabeth Fawell, Veronica Colas
They’re here! On Thursday, September 10, the Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) released two final rules to implement the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (“FSMA”): “Current Good Manufacturing Practice, Hazard…
The Daily Intake
FSMA: Final HARPC Rules Published
Federal Register publications available for final rules to implement FSMA HARPC provisions for human and animal food. On September 10, 2015, FDA issued final rules to implement the hazard analysis and risk-based…
Food Safety News
FDA Tells Senate Subcommittee Full Funding is ‘Absolutely Critical’ for FSMA Success
By Lydia Zuraw
It’s an oft-heard statement from officials at the Food and Drug Administration: The Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) requires sufficient funding allocated by Congress in order to be a success. The…
Food Safety News
FDA Finalizes FSMA Preventive Controls Rules For Human, Animal Foods
By Lydia Zuraw
Four-and-a-half years after the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) was signed into law, the first two major rules have been finalized. On Aug. 31, U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)…
The Daily Intake
Finally, FSMA
FDA issues long-awaited final rules to implement FSMA HARPC provisions for human and animal food. FDA has issued final rules to implement the hazard analysis and risk-based preventive control (HARPC)…
Food Safety News
Why the CEO and Board Need to Pay Attention to FSMA
By Bill Marler
In the spring of 2007, I was asked to testify before the U.S. House of Representative’s Energy and Commerce Committee, which was the committee tasked with modernizing our food safety…