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The role of audits within the FSMA regulations has generated many questions and sparked confusion within the food industry.

Under FSMA, FDA requires preventive controls for food facilities and mandatory produce safety standards for a broad range of farming activities.  

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has now provided guidance and endorsed training regarding compliance. The ball is now in the court of food facilities to comply with the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA).

Could your company’s food product marketing get you in legal hot water?

With new regulations for the use of ammonia for refrigeration or chlorine for food processing, there are steps your facility can employ to decrease your risk of noncompliance.  

Addressing the challenges that the food industry faces regarding the training of auditors is an urgent matter.

The competency framework process can be advantageous to task analysis for new jobs…or jobs that require mostly cognitive functions to complete.

Will labeling of a genetically modified organism (GMO) on a food package really provide useful information?

Document and information protocols often are one of the more difficult challenges food companies face when designing and implementing a food safety program.  

Implementing tried-and-true food safety programs will reap tremendous outcomes for food safety along the supply chain.