The fate of Jensen Farms offers an important lesson for food companies. Failure of proper planning, careful contracting and ongoing oversight may have a substantial, and potentially devastating, effect on a food company’s business and the consumers it feeds.
Finding a group of like-minded employees who embrace the new direction and are committed to driving it forward is critical to the success of any change initiative.
Food producers operate in an environment of ever-increasing regulation and complexity, but as a senior manager, you just have to make sure that your company follows the rules and meets the new FSMA standards. Do that and you will have nothing else to worry about.
While implementation of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) timeline remains uncertain, by exercising its FSMA-provided authority to suspend the registration of Sunland, Inc., the U.S. Food and Drug Administration revealed how it will utilize FSMA to protect public health.