Court to FDA: Deadlines Set For Long Overdue FSMA Rules
When will Food and Drug Administration (FDA) finally issue rules that form the core of the heralded Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA)? Until recently, the only certainty surrounding issuance is that the rules, and the precise terms encompassed therein that will govern the food industry, remain long overdue. Now, a Federal Court seeks to change that dynamic, ordering the FDA to promulgate final rules by June 30, 2015.
How did FDA, the food industry and consumer get to the point of court intervention given the import of, and attention and resources that have been dedicated to, FSMA? The story is a familiar one. Desire did not meet reality.