A new year is here, and the food industry remains in a sort of regulatory limbo. Between the FDA’s delay in releasing regulations under the implementation deadlines set forth in the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) and inadequate funding from the government, industry commentators are left to speculate how much the FDA can and will… Continue Reading
Category Archives: Food Safety Modernization Act
Subscribe to Food Safety Modernization Act RSS FeedFDA Announces 100k Genome Project
Posted in Food Safety, Food Safety Modernization ActThe Food and Drug Administration(FDA) and the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) are collaborating with the University of California Davis and Agilent Technologies, a chemical analysis/engineering company from Santa Clara, California, to sequence the genetic codes of 100,000 types of lethal food-borne bacteria. This project, designated “The 100k Genome Project,” will allow the FDA to more… Continue Reading
FDA Delays Enforcement of the Food Safety Modernization Act
Posted in Food Safety Modernization ActThe Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) was enacted in January 2011 to increase the safety requirements for food facilities, as well as the FDA’s role in monitoring compliance with our food safety laws. Ever since this ambitious (and necessary) overhaul, the industry has watched carefully for the FDA to begin enforcing food companies’ compliance with… Continue Reading
Food Safety Act Loosens Standards for Government Seizures
Posted in Food Safety Modernization ActTHE SCOOP One of the most significant and talked about provisions of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) lies in section 206, “Mandatory recall authority,” which grants to the FDA for the first time the ability to mandate recalls. The FDA’s enhanced authority under FSMA, however, does not stop with recall authority. Under section 207,… Continue Reading