FSMA Implementation Update

In this post, we summarize the following topics:

• Delayed start date for inspections for compliance with the preventive controls requirements under the Preventive Controls for Animal Food (PCAF) rule and under the Foreign Supplier Verification Programs (FSVP) rule for animal food importers;

• Guidance for low-acid canned food (LACF), seafood, and juice manufacturers regarding compliance and exemptions under FSMA;

• Updated domestic and foreign reinspection fee rates for fiscal year (FY) 2018;

• Release of new Food Safety Plan Builder software to assist with development of food safety plans; and,

• Clarification regarding the definition of “retail food establishment” for purposes of the waiver from requirements under the Sanitary Transportation of Human and Animal Food rule.

Click here to read our update.

Authored by Joe Levitt, Elizabeth Fawell, and Maile Hermida.