Implementation of FSMA

How do you prepare more than 50 rules, guidance documents, reports and studies within strict timeframes? That is what FDA is charged with doing under the Food Safety Modernization Act that was signed into law on January 4, 2011. To meet this challenge, the leadership of the FDA Foods Program has put in place a structured implementation process to ensure clearly defined roles and accountability for each FSMA deliverable, transparent prioritization of tasks based on public health impact, and streamlined decision making and clearances.

The implementation teams pictured below report directly to the senior leadership of the Foods Program, drawing fully upon all relevant expertise and capacity from across FDA but working through a streamlined matrix management system that is intended to expedite the work needed to implement FSMA.

 

Implementation Management Structure

Available in PDF (503KB). 

 

Implementation Executive Committee Mike Taylor, Deputy Commissioner for Foods (Chair) Mike Landa, Bernadette Dunham Steve Solomon, Elizabeth Dickinson, David Dorsey				Strategic Communications  &  Outreach Team Sharon Natanblut (Team Leader)
Prevention Standards Don Kraemer (Team Leader)	Inspections & Compliance Barbara Cassens (Team Leader)	Imports    Roberta Wagner  (Team Leader)	Federal/State Integration Joe Reardon (Team Leader)	Fees Roxanne Schweitzer & Bob Miller (Team Leaders)	Reports & Studies David Dorsey (Team Leader)
Produce Safety Regulation	Mandatory Recall and  Recall Communications	Importer  Verification & VQIP	Operational Partnership	Inspection & Auditor Fees	Reports to Congress/ Studies
Produce Safety Guidance	Administrative Enforcement Tools	Import Certification	Capacity Building
Preventive Controls Regulation	Registration	Accredited Third-Party Certification	Training
Preventive Controls Guidance	Frequency of Inspections	Lab Accreditation & Integrated Consortium/FERN
Safe Food Transport	Manner of Inspection/ Food Safety Plan Review	International Capacity Building
Food Defense	Tracing	Comparability
Contaminants	RFR Improvements	Task A: Prior Notice

A text version of the Implementation Management Structure is also available.