The Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) is transforming the food safety system of the United States. However, companies in the food and beverage industry may still have inspection and compliance questions. While the policy itself is still being tweaked, the new requirements from the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) will almost certainly mean more citations for food safety violations and an increase in the number of product recalls.
It’s rare that a day passes without at least one media report of a food-related product recall, putting product quality and public health risks under the spotlight. And while the average person is blissfully unaware of how many recalls are in the system, all of that information is available on the U.S. Department of Agriculture recalls website or FDA’s recalls website for any curious consumer to access.