Jul 1, 2015 | Foods, FSMA Perspective
In a significant milestone in the Food and Drug Administration’s implementation of FSMA, the agency is expected to issue a final rule next month on preventive controls for human and animal foods. FDA released a series of videos on FSMA implementation last month...
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The Food and Drug Administration issued draft guidance on mandatory recalls in a May 7, 2015 Federal Register notice and is inviting public comment by July 6.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...
Apr 1, 2015 | Foods, FSMA Perspective
FDA officials discussed their “work in progress” toward implementing the Food Safety Modernization Act at a public meeting hosted by the agency in Washington, D.C. April 23-24, 2015. The agency is currently considering some new inspection ideas, they explained....
Apr 1, 2015 | Foods, FSMA Perspective
Dr. Margaret Hamburg, who retired as FDA Commissioner late last month, discussed the agency’s Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) budget in her final appearance before a House Appropriations Committee hearing on Capitol Hill, March 4. Mindful of...
Mar 1, 2015 | Foods, FSMA Perspective
FDA needs to adequately staff its foreign offices – where 44 percent of positions were vacant as of October 2014 — to fulfill its inspection mandate under the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), according to a newly released report by the Government...
