Lawsuit seeks to compel FDA to implement FSMA traceability provisions
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is being sued by two consumer groups, who want the FDA to implement the traceability provisions in the FDA FSMA (Food Safety Modernization Act). The lawsuit was brought before the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California by the Center for Food Safety (CFS) and Center for Environmental Health (CEH).
The plaintiffs want the FDA to uphold their FSMA obligation to publish and establish a list of foods that are high-risk, and establish rulemaking that will set forth more traceability recordkeeping requirements. These requirements are for facilities that manufacture, process, pack, or hold certain foods.