May 1, 2017 | Foods, FSMA Perspective
The Food and Drug Administration is using a combination of old and new tools to improve the safety of imports and a quick look at the numbers explains why. We’ve seen the familiar statistics: Almost 50 percent of fresh fruit, 20 percent of fresh vegetables, and 80...
Mar 1, 2017 | EASeNews, Foods, FSMA Perspective
By Charles Breen, EAS Independent Advisor, FSMA Consulting Services The Food and Drug Administration is encouraging industry groups and trade associations to develop their own guidance to help their members comply with new requirements under the Food Safety...
Feb 1, 2017 | EASeNews, Foods, FSMA Perspective
By Stephen Sundlof, D.V.M., Ph.D., EAS Independent Advisor, Animal and Human Food Safety FDA released updated draft guidance on preventive controls for Listeria monocytogenes in ready-to-eat foods last month, adopting the “seek and destroy” approach used by USDA’s...
Jan 1, 2017 | EASeNews, Foods, FSMA Perspective
By Stephen Sundlof, D.V.M., Ph.D., EAS Independent Advisor, Animal and Human Food Safety The Food and Drug Administration released an amended final rule last month establishing user fees so the agency can administer the FSMA program for accreditation of third-party...
Dec 1, 2016 | Foods, FSMA Perspective
The Food and Drug Administration recently issued three new guidance documents to help simplify compliance with Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) regulations and programs. On November 7, the agency released new draft guidance on registration of food facilities. The...
Nov 1, 2016 | Foods, FSMA Perspective
FDA is inviting public comments by November 23 on two draft guidances — on current good manufacturing practices (CGMP) requirements for food for animals and on CGMPs for human food by-products for use as animal food. The two guidances are essential reading if...