Flexibility Remains Key to FSMA Implementation, IDFA Tells FDA

The Food and Drug Administration in September released revisions to four proposed rules for implementing portions of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). The updates, which cover preventive controls for human food, preventive controls for animal food, foreign supplier verification programs and produce safety, reflect significant changes requested by IDFA and others in the food industry. On Monday, IDFA submitted new comments supporting many of FDA’s changes and requesting additional revisions to make the requirements consistently systems-based and risk-based.