Tag: food safety/FSMA
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FDA to Revise Proposed FSMA Rules Affecting Farmers
According to U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Deputy Commissioner for Foods and Veterinary Medicine Michael Taylor, the agency will revise proposed rules under the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) “affecting farmers,” who have apparently expressed concern about the potential impact on their livelihoods. Among provisions to be revised and re-published for public comment in…
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USDA Terminates National Leafy Green Marketing Agreement
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has terminated proceedings on a proposed marketing agreement that sought to regulate the handling of fresh leafy green vegetables in the United States. Modeled after a 2006 initiative pioneered by California growers in the wake of an E. coli outbreak linked to fresh spinach, the National Leafy Green Marketing…
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FDA Extends Comment Periods for Proposed FSMA Rules
Due to the recent government shutdown, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has extended the public comment period for several proposed rules related to the implementation of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). FDA has extended the deadline for comments on (i) “Notice of Intent to Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Rule:…
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Ninth Circuit Tolls Publication Date for FDA Proposed Rule
While the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has granted the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) motion for expedited consideration of its emergency motion to stay a district court order establishing rulemaking deadlines under the Food Safety Modernization Act, it denied the stay pending appeal. Ctr. for Food Safety v. Hamburg, No. 13-16841 (9th Cir., order entered…
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FDA Seeks to Regulate Animal Food
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a proposed rule that would establish current good manufacturing practice (CGMP), hazard analysis and risk-based preventative controls for animal food. According to an October 29, 2013, Federal Register notice, FDA is taking this action to provide greater assurance that animal food is safe and will not…
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District Court Refuses to Stay FSMA Rulemaking Deadlines
Three days after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) filed a motion for emergency stay pending appeal before the Ninth Circuit, the federal district court that had established November 30, 2013, as the deadline for the agency to publish notices of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) for specific food safety rules under the Food Safety Modernization…
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FDA Seeks Stay in FSMA Rulemaking Litigation
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), currently under a district court timeline for completing the implementing regulations required under the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), has filed an emergency stay pending appeal before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, arguing that the 16-day government shutdown in October makes compliance “not only unsound but impossible.”…
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FDA Public Meeting to Discuss FSMA Changes
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced an upcoming public meeting slated for September 19-20, 2013, in Washington, D.C., to discuss regulations proposed under the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) that would establish Food Supplier Verification Programs as well as new rules for accrediting third-party auditors and certification bodies. Intended to ensure “that imported…