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Being ready for implementation of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) means creating the right food safety plan, not just relying on your current Hazard Analysis and Critical control Points (HACCP) plan.

Everyone in the food business must be prepared with an appropriate food contamination crisis plan. Is yours in place?

The devil is in the details: What you know may be just as important as what you don’t.

Op-Ed: Are consumers, social media and questionable regulations undermining food science? You be the judge.

The Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act of 1938 defines both food additives and food contact substances.

There are many benefits for both the equipment fabricator and processor when they participate in the development and use of standards of hygienic design principles.

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).

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.