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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.

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.

To ensure that the food system continues to be effective and meet the HACCP principles and Preventive Control rule for HARPC, it needs to be continually reviewed.

The role of audits within the FSMA regulations has generated many questions and sparked confusion within the food industry.

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.

Document and information protocols often are one of the more difficult challenges food companies face when designing and implementing a food safety program.