Reports & Studies

Information available related to Reports & Studies under the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA).

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• Reports and Studies Required by FDA Food Safety Modernization Act
• Completed Reports
• Reports Required by Law
• Sections of the Law Relating to Reports & Studies

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Reports and Studies Required by FDA Food Safety Modernization Act

The FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), signed into law by President Obama on Jan. 4, enables FDA to better protect public health by strengthening the food safety system. FSMA specifically requires special reports to Congress and studies on FDA's activities and impact of FSMA. 

   

Completed Reports

• 2012 Annual Report on Food Facilities, Food Imports, and FDA Foreign Offices
  August 2012
• Report to Congress on the FDA Foreign Offices
  February 2012
• Biennial Report to Congress on the Food Emergency Response Network
  September 2011
• 2011 Annual Report on Food Facilities, Food Imports, and FDA Foreign Offices
  April 2011

    

Reports Required by Law

• Report on food facilities, food imports, and foreign offices, including efforts to cooperate with other agencies

  • 2012 Annual Report on Food Facilities, Food Imports, and FDA Foreign Offices

  • 2011 Annual Report on Food Facilities, Food Imports, and FDA Foreign Offices

• DHS report on activities of the Food and Agriculture Government Coordinating Council and the Food and Agriculture Sector Coordinating Council

• Report on the basis for selecting countries with foreign offices, their progress, and plans for additional foreign offices

  • Report to Congress on the FDA Foreign Offices
    February 2012

• Report on Food Emergency Response Network

  • Biennial Report to Congress on the Food Emergency Response Network
    September 2011

• Report on national agriculture and food defense strategy, implementation plan, and research plan

• Report and evaluation of effectiveness of programs administered by HHS

• Study and report on unique identification numbers

• Report on use of mandatory recall authority

• Study and report on the food processing sector

• Study on food transportation

• Report on pilot projects on product tracing

• Report on programs and practices to promote for safety and supply chain security of food

• Report of food safety programs, outlining successes and future programs

• Report on the Joint HHS/USDA food safety and food defense research plan

• Report on use of recall authority

• Report on fees collected

• Report on post-harvest processing of raw oysters regulation
   

Sections of the Law Relating to Reports & Studies

• SEC 103. Hazard analysis and risk-based preventive controls
• SEC 107. Authority to collect fees
• SEC 108. National agriculture and food defense strategy
• SEC 109. Food and Agriculture Coordinating Councils
• SEC 110. Building domestic capacity
• SEC 111. Sanitary transportation of food
• SEC 114. Requirement for guidance relating to post harvest processing of raw oysters
• SEC 201. Targeting of inspection resources for domestic facilities, foreign facilities, and ports of entry; annual report
• SEC 202. Laboratory accreditation for analyses of foods
• SEC 204. Enhancing tracking and tracing of food and recordkeeping
• SEC 206. Mandatory recall authority
• SEC 308. Foreign offices of the Food and Drug Administration