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Import(er) Alert
FDA Releases Draft Guidance on Voluntary Qualified Importer Program. Under the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), FDA is required to establish a voluntary, fee-based program for the review and…
Food Safety News
FDA Publishes Draft Guidance for Expedited Importer Program
By Lydia Zuraw
One requirement of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) is for the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to develop a program to expedite food imports to the U.S. from importers…
Food Safety News
In Response to Michael Taylor
By Roy Costa
(This article by Roy Costa, a registered sanitarian and president of the consulting firm Environ Health Associates Inc., was originally posted here on May 22, 2015.) I appreciate Michael Taylor's comments in…
Food Safety News
Building an ‘Integrated Food Safety System’ Will Take All of Us
Mike Taylor, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's Deputy Commissioner for Foods, stated in his address before the 2015 Food Safety Summit that, “If we were starting from scratch, [America’s…
Food Safety News
A Proactive Plan: The First Step to FSMA Compliance
By Don Hsieh
It’s been four years since Congress passed the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), and the time has finally come for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to implement its…
Food Safety News
FDA Publishes Draft Guidance on Mandatory Recall Authority
By News Desk
On Wednesday, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published draft guidance for industry on its mandatory food recall authority that has been in effect since the Food Safety Modernization Act…
Food Safety News
FSMA Readiness: Accountability Starts at the Top, Just Like Sarbanes-Oxley
By Dan Flynn
As enforcement time nears for the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), experts such as Repositrak’s Randy Fields are being heard making comparisons between FSMA and the 2002 Sarbanes-Oxley Act. The…
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2015: The Year of FSMA
FDA declares 2015, "the year of FSMA." Enacted in 2011, the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) is the most comprehensive food safety reform in the United States in over…
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FSMA Update: Farm-Direct Sale Exemption
FDA proposes to exempt farms that sell directly to consumers from registration requirement. Many requirements of the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) are linked to FDA's facility registration requirement.…
Food Safety News
144 Food Industry Employees Filed FSMA Whistleblower Complaints From 2011-2014
By Dan Flynn
Food industry employees have been using the whistleblower protections provided under the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) ever since it was signed into law, according to the U.S. Department of…