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FDA Issues Guidances on Exemptions from FSMA Rules

Posted on August 8, 2017

As previously reported on this blog, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued final rules to implement the hazard analysis and risk-based preventive control (HARPC) provisions under the FDA

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FSMA Funds 2017: More Green for Greens

Posted on July 21, 2017

FDA announces FSMA funds to support states’ continued implementation of the produce safety rule.

The Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) was designed to update and strengthen FDA’s risk-based approach to

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FDA Launches Accredited Third-Party Certification Website

Posted on June 22, 2017

As previously covered on this blog, in November 2015, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) finalized The Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) rule on Accredited Third-Party Certification that

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FDA Slated to Extend Compliance Dates for Agricultural Water Standards

Posted on June 7, 2017

Agricultural water can be a major conduit of pathogens that can contaminate produce. FDA’s Produce Safety Rule, implemented under the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), establishes agricultural water standards.

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Questions (and Answers) on FSVP

Posted on May 30, 2017

As previously covered on this blog, the general compliance date for the foreign supplier verification program (FSVP), under the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), is May 30, 2017 (for

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FDA Issues New Guidance on FSMA’s FSVP Rule

Posted on May 16, 2017

As previously covered on this blog, the general compliance date for the foreign supplier verification program (FSVP), under the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), is May 30, 2017. The

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U.S. FDA Recognizes Australia as Having a Comparable Food Safety System

Posted on April 19, 2017

Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that the Agency has signed an arrangement with the Australian Department of Agriculture and Water Resources recognizing each other’s food safety

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FDA Announces Three Waivers to Sanitary Transportation Rule

Posted on April 5, 2017

By way of background, on April 5, 2016, FDA released a final rule to implement sanitary food transportation requirements under the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). Click here for

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FSMA, Nutrition Panel Changes among Burdensome Federal Regulations, Industry Tells DOC

Posted on April 4, 2017

Members of the food and dietary supplement industries were among those who responded to a March 9, 2017 request from the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) for input on the

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FDA May Simplify Produce Safety Rule’s Agricultural Water Standards

Posted on March 21, 2017

By way of background, the Produce Safety Rule under FDA’s Food Safety Modernization Act establishes two sets of criteria for microbial water quality based on the presence of generic coli

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