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By Stephen Sundlof, D.V.M., Ph.D., EAS Independent Advisor, Animal and Human Food Safety FDA released updated draft guidance on preventive controls for Listeria monocytogenes in ready-to-eat foods last month, adopting the “seek and destroy” approach used by USDA’s...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 On November 7, the agency released new draft guidance on registration of food facilities.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...
Oct 1, 2016 | Foods, FSMA Perspective
The sky did not fall on September 19, 2016, the compliance date for larger human food facilities to meet FSMA preventive controls and Current Good Manufacturing Practice (CGMP) requirements, and for larger animal food facilities to comply with CGMPs. In a September 19...
