Food Safety in Manufacturing

New FDA Rules Focus on Food Safety in Manufacturing: Food manufacturers are facing an update to equipment and facility designs to comply with the newest U.S. Food & Drug Administration’s (FDA) safety rules, which focus on the prevention of foodborne illness.

In reaction to a string of recent outbreaks of listeria and salmonella, the FDA announced it has finalized the first two of seven major rules under the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), which focus on implementing modern food manufacturing processes for both human and animal foods that are produced domestically or are imported. Food manufacturers are facing an update to equipment and facility designs to comply with the newest U.S. Food & Drug Administration’s (FDA) safety rules, which focus on the prevention of foodborne illness. In reaction to a string of recent outbreaks of listeria and salmonella, the FDA announced it has finalized the first two of seven major rules under the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), which focus on implementing modern food manufacturing processes for both human and animal foods that are produced domestically or are imported.



 Posted by Tim Sandle