The Food Safety Modernization Act is a United States federal statute enacted in 2011 to ensure the safety of the U.S. food supply and prevent food contamination. The main features of the FSMA include expanding... more +
The Food Safety Modernization Act is a United States federal statute enacted in 2011 to ensure the safety of the U.S. food supply and prevent food contamination. The main features of the FSMA include expanding the FDA's inspection of food processing facilities and imported food products, requiring all food processors, manufactures and handlers to register with HHS and maintain food safety records, and shifting the government's focus away from responding to food contamination and towards preventing food contamination.
On January 4, 2011, President Obama signed into law the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (S. 510) (FSMA), which amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (the FDC Act). The FSMA shifts the focus of the Food and Drug...more
Now that President Obama has signed historic food-safety legislation into law, the coalition of food industry, public interest and consumer groups that supported the new law must convince the new Congress – including the...more
In the flurry of legislation passed by the 111th Congress in its final days, the Food Safety and Modernization Act (FSMA) cleared the Senate by unanimous voice vote on December 20, passed the House 215-144 the following day,...more
The Federal Food Safety Modernization Act passed in the Senate. Right now, bills are going through both the House and Senate that focus upon insuring that the food we buy to eat is indeed safe for all of us. The Senate just...more
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