United Fresh Eyes Produce-Related Changes to FSMA Proposed Rules
Editor's Note: The United Fresh Produce Association (United Fresh) yesterday explained in detail how the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) recent changes to four proposed rules under the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) will likely affect the produce industry. Key changes were made in the areas of water testing, compost use, and the definition of "farm," among others. Text of the United Fresh newsletter article follows.
The four supplementary proposals, released last Friday by the FDA, include several revisions to four of FDA’s original draft rules under the Food Safety Modernization Act, which was signed into law in January of 2011. The four updated proposals are for the rules on produce safety, preventive controls for human food, preventive controls for animal food, and the foreign supplier verification program.