FDA Update Foodborne Illnesses May Soon Be Fewer and Far Between As… FDA Announces the Final Rule for Food Traceability Under FSMA The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a final rule on food traceability designed to facilitate faster identification and rapid removal of potentially contaminated food from the market, resulting in fewer foodborne illnesses and/or
This past week, Costco Wholesale Corporation became the first approved participant in the FSMA Voluntary Qualified Importer Program (VQIP). This program is a voluntary, fee-based program that allows importers to receive expedited review and importation of human and animal foods into the United States under the FSMA. Costco has shown management of safety and security
FSMA Final Rule for Mitigation Strategies to Protect Food against Intentional Adulteration!! The FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) final rule is aimed at preventing intentional adulteration from acts intended to cause wide-scale harm to public health, including acts of terrorism targeting the food supply. Rather than targeting specific foods or hazards, this rule requires
As a part to protect the people from various illnesses resulting from food contamination during transportation because of unsanitary transportation practices, FDA issued a final rule on Sanitary Transportation of human and animal food. The Final rule is the sixth major rule under the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). The rule strengthens the Sanitary Food
The Successful implementation of FSMA can be achieved by a new level of cooperation and collaboration between the Federal, States, and Regional regulatory and food safety entities. The announcement of $19 million funding in FY 2016 is an important step by FDA to provide the necessary resources to the state to advance efforts for a
One of the basic objectives of FDA is to provide needed food safety protection for American public. Keeping food safe to eat is paramount, no matter where it is produced, whether conventional or organic, whether the operation is small, medium or large, whether it’s produce or processed foods. The FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA)
Background: The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), of which the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is a part, recently published “Contingency Staffing Plan for Operations in the Absence of Enacted Annual Appropriations.” Essentially, this Plan is the SOP for how HHS and FDA will operate under the current partial government shutdown. Under this
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