Tag: food safety/FSMA
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Food Trade Groups Urge Congress to Reject Proposed FSMA Fees
Several dozen trade associations representing the interests of food and beverage producers, processors, shippers, and retailers have submitted their concerns about the Obama administration’s proposed 2014 Food and Drug Administration (FDA) budget, which includes $59 million in food facility registration and inspection fees to fund FDA activities under the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). In…
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FDA Plans to Double Comment Period on FSMA Implementing Regulations
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Margaret Hamburg has reportedly informed Senate appropriators that the agency would extend for 120 days the comment period for two proposed rules—one relating to fresh produce and the other to food processors issued in January 2013 to implement the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). According to Hamburg, “We appreciate…
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FDA Proposes Fees to Finance FSMA Implementation
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (USDA) has proposed two new fees—a food import user fee and a food facility and inspection fee that the agency says will “enhance the safety protections for imported food and feed” as well as support “new and improved activities required by the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) to modernize…
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OMB Makes Cuts to FSMA Regulatory Package
According to news sources, the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) removed some provisions from the regulatory implementation package that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) proposed under the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). Analysis of documents submitted to the rulemaking docket apparently reveals that the following requirements were removed from the draft…
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FDA Responds to Concerns About Piecemeal Release of Proposed FSMA Rules
According to a news source, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which has released for public comment just two of five major proposed rules to implement the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), will allow the public to comment on all of them once they have all been made available. FDA spokesperson Shelly Burgess said, “We…
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FDA Seeks Comments on Pilot Projects to Improve Supply Chain Product Tracing
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has released for public comment a report on pilot projects established under the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) “with the food industry to explore and evaluate methods for rapid and effective tracking and tracing of foods.” The report includes the recommendations of the Institute of Food Technologies, the agency’s project…
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FDA Publishes International Food Safety Plan
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has released its “International Food Safety Capacity-Building Plan,” which aims to enhance “the food safety capacity of countries that export food to the United States.” As directed by the Food Safety Modernization Act, the plan provides direction on how FDA can (i) “expand the technical, scientific, and regulatory capacity…
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FDA Extends Comment Deadline on Proposed Hazard Analysis, Produce Safety Rules
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has extended the comment periods on two proposed rules related to foodborne illness prevention and produce safety that appeared in the Federal Register on January 16, 2013. In response to a request for a 90-day extension, the agency has increased until May 16, 2013, the comment periods for the…