In 1906, President Theodore Roosevelt signed legislation that created the agency with legal authority to seize goods in interstate commerce that were adulterated, contained additives injurious to health, or contained filthy, decomposed or putrid substances.
After the Food Safety Modernization Act was passed, there was a great deal of angst and fear in the food industry about the impending implementation of hazard analysis, risk-based preventive controls.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is releasing a new software tool to help food facilities create a food safety plan for compliance with Food Safety Modernization act (FSMA).
