Legislative/Regulatory Framework FSMA

The Legislative/Regulatory Framework of Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) of Food and Drug Authority (FDA) enables FDA to protect public health by strengthening the food safety system in U.S.A. FSMA affects almost all businesses involved in the production, processing, packaging, storage, transportation, import and export of food and feed in the US.

FSMA affects almost all businesses involved in the production, processing, packaging, storage, transportation, import and export of food and feed in U.S.A. It is a major reformation that derived from the growing number of foodborne contamination events in U.S.A., a significant public health burden.

Thus, the legislation, implemented by the U.S.A. FDA, aims to more effectively protect Public Health through the prevention of these outbreaks and focuses on better securing food safety in all sectors related to the food industry. food for humans and animals.

FSMA aims to reform the country's food safety system. This law enables FDA to control the food industry in the country more effectively. At the same time, it empowers it to hold imported foods to the same standards as domestic foods.

FDA has finalized the following rules to implement FSMA:

• Mitigation strategies to protect food from intentional adulteration (Food Defense)
• Sanitary transportation of human and animal food (Sanitary Transportation)
• Accreditation of third-party certification bodies to conduct food safety audits and issue certificates
• Foreign Supplier Verification Programs for food and feed importers (FSVP)
• Standards for growing, harvesting, packaging and holding products for human consumption (Safety Produce)
• Current good industrial practice and hazard analysis and preventive controls for food and animal food