DFA of California Members and Business Associates, The food industry is abuzz with questions circulating about FDA’s recently proposed FSMA regulation. You may be asking: How will the proposed Preventive Controls and Produce Safety rules affect my farm or facility? Are dried fruits and tree nuts covered under the current proposed rules or do exemptions… Read more »

A Synopsis. In January 2011, President Obama signed the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). It took 15 pens to accomplish this feat. This legislation survived numerous attempts by legislators to delay or kill the bill. The bill had to clear the Senate twice and the House three times before it was signed into law. While… Read more »

Just over a year ago, President Obama signed the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) into law. The passage of FSMA transforms the US food safety program by providing new public health mandates and improved tools for ensuring the safety of the food supply. The most sweeping mandate involved an update to US food safety… Read more »

Food safety standards have been around in Europe and Asia for quite some time. But as the international food trade expanded, it was apparent that existing private food safety standards and governmental food-safety policies could not prevent food recalls that were occurring worldwide. With consumer confidence waning, it was evident that something had to be… Read more »

Recent food safety recalls involving nuts highlight the challenges facing food processors in the 21st Century. In April 2011, a cluster of 14 cases of food-borne illness with E. coli O157 was detected in Canada. Two of these persons developed hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS), a serious complication that can lead to kidney failure; one person… Read more »