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Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) Rules will be out Today at Noon Eastern
By Bill Marler
FDA announcement on preventing foodborne illness and improving produce safety WHAT: A media call hosted by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to announce the next steps in implementing the…
Food Liability Law
FDA Extends Food Facility Registration Deadline Until January 31
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has extended the deadline for food facilities to submit their registration until January 31, 2013. Under the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), domestic…
Food Safety News
FDA Names New Zealand First Food Safety System Comparable to US
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Monday signed a “systems recognition” agreement with New Zealand – the agency’s first formal acknowledgement that a foreign country has a food safety…
Food Safety News
FDA Seeks to Dismiss Lawsuit Over Delay of Food Safety Rules
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is making a big effort to enact the delayed Food Safety Modernization Act, but the rules being developed are complex and need more time,…
Food Safety News
Third-Party Audits – Their Crucial Role in Moving Forward With FSMA and Food Safety
I recently had the honor of speaking at the 2012 Safe Quality Food International Conference in Cincinnati on the topic of the crucial role of third-party audits in moving forward…
Food Safety News
GAO Recommends FDA Shift Import Safety Approach Under FSMA
By News Desk
As Americans become more reliant on imported food -- in the past ten years the percent of domestic consumption jumped from 9 to 17 percent -- food safety practices overseas…
The Real Estate & Environmental Law Blog
Food Facility Registration Requirements Food Safety Modernization Act Will Be Ready on Monday 10/22
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today issued further information and guidance regarding registration requirements for domestic and foreign manufacturers, processors, packers or holders of food for human or…
Food Safety News
Food Facility Registration Under FSMA Delayed
By Andy Frame
The Food Safety Modernization Act’s biennial food facility registration requirement was intended to go into effect Oct. 1, 2012; however since that day a yellow box has been posted on…
Food Safety News
FSMA Delay Spurs Curious Partnerships and Regulation Pleas
In an industry traditionally anxious to be self policing and oppose regulation, the tide has turned. The first evidence of this was in 2006 after the large E. coli O157:H7…
Food Safety News
FDA Issues Annual Food Safety Report to Congress
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's annual report to Congress, released this week, offers an overview of what the agency has been up to over the past year. In FDA's…