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The New FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA)

 

The FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), the most sweeping reform of our food safety laws in more than 70 years, was signed into law by President Obama on January 4, 2011. It aims to ensure the U.S. food supply is safe by shifting the focus from responding to contamination to preventing it.

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Progress in Implementation

 

Since President Obama signed the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) on January 4, 2011, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has made significant progress in developing proposed rules to implement the sweeping food safety reform law, publishing mandated reports, and taking important steps toward increasing overall food safety capacity in the United States. View the July - September 2012 Progress Report.
FSMA Implementation Timeline
 

Reports to Congress

 

The second Annual Report on Food Facilities, Food Imports, and FDA Foreign Offices was submitted to Congress by HHS Secretary Sebelius in response to Section 201 (b) of the FSMA. The report briefly describes the scope of FDA’s responsibility and its activities in protecting the U.S. food supply under its jurisdiction. Read more on FSMA Reports & Studies.

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Updated Guidance Improves Food Facility Registration

    

FDA releases an updated guidance, Draft Guidance for Industry: Necessity of the Use of Food Categories in Food Facility Registrations and Updates to Food Categories, to propose additional food categories to be included in the food facility registration form as mandatory fields, including food categories that are currently included form as optional fields. Read more on registration under the FSMA.

 
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FSMA Mandates

FSMA is the most sweeping reform of FDA’s food safety authority in more than 70 years. This act gives FDA new and enhanced mandates and authorities to protect consumers and promote public health.

  Federal/State Integration

 

 International Capacity Building

  Inspection & Compliance

 Fees

Product Tracing

 Preventive Standards    

Registration

 Reports & Studies

  Imports

 Small Business 
   

 

 

FSMA Blog Posts

 

Succeeding on Produce Safety

Michael R. Taylor
Deputy Commissioner for Foods, FDA

April 17, 2012 

 

Michael R. TaylorWe get our fresh produce from all over the place – from the broad lettuce fields of Salinas, the smaller truck farms of North Carolina and Delaware, and the road side produce operations that dot Long Island. And just about everywhere in between. 

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Contact Us

FSMA@fda.hhs.gov
Food and Drug Administration
5100 Paint Branch Pkwy
Wiley Building, HFS-009
Attn: FSMA Outreach
College Park, MD 20740 

 

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