Nov 1, 2015 | Foods, FSMA Perspective
The Food and Drug Administration hosted a public meeting in Chicago on October 20, 2015 to discuss the recently released final rules on preventive controls for human and animal food, along with plans for the next phase of FSMA implementation. This was a substantive...
Oct 1, 2015 | Foods, FSMA Perspective
The Food and Drug Administration released two key FSMA-mandated regulations last month — a final rule on current good manufacturing practices (CGMPs) and risk-based preventive controls for food for humans and a related final rule on food for animals. The rules...
Sep 1, 2015 | Foods, FSMA Perspective
As I prepare this FSMA Perspective article, we are anticipating a significant milestone in the implementation of FSMA’s preventive control philosophy – release of a final rule on current Good Manufacturing Practice and Hazard Analysis and Risk-Based Preventive...
Aug 1, 2015 | Foods, FSMA Perspective
The Food Safety Modernization Act requires the Food and Drug Administration to establish an accreditation program to strengthen foreign food safety audits. The agency issued a proposed rule for an accreditation program on July 29, 2013. In a related July 24,...
Jun 1, 2015 | Foods, FSMA Perspective
The Food and Drug Administration issued draft guidance on mandatory recalls in a May 7, 2015 Federal Register notice and is inviting public comment by July 6. The draft document presents the agency’s current thinking on how the food industry can implement the...
