Sep 1, 2014 | Foods, FSMA Perspective
Although still in the phase 1 rulemaking stage of implementing the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), the Food and Drug Administration is planning for moving forward with “phase 2” which will involve training and compliance activities. FDA Deputy Director...
Aug 1, 2014 | Foods, FSMA Perspective
FDA announced the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) domestic and foreign facility reinspection, recall and importer reinspection fee rates for Fiscal Year (FY) 2015, in an August 1, 2014 Federal Register notice. Section 107 of FSMA added section 743 to the...
Jul 1, 2014 | Foods, FSMA Perspective
On June 18, FDA reopened the comment period on an advance notice of a proposed rule that would introduce certain changes to the Reportable Food Registry (RFR), implementing provisions in Section 211 of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). The RFR reporting...
May 1, 2014 | Foods, FSMA Perspective
In 1990, Congress enacted the Sanitary Food Transportation Act that directed the Department of Transportation to promulgate regulations for the transportation of food to ensure its safety. DOT issued a proposed rule in 1993, but later determined that it lacked...
May 1, 2014 | Foods, FSMA Perspective
FDA offers some insights into its strategy for implementing the next phase of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) in a guidance document posted on the agency’s website May 2. A key element of the agency’s operational strategy will be to rely heavily on the...
