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Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA)

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Publication date
29/03/2011
Number of Pages
193
Language:
English
Type of Publication:
Event Reports
Focus Region:
Global
Focus Topic:
Nutrition / Food Systems
Commodity:
Crops
Author
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Organization
U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

The FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) was signed into law by President Obama on January 4th, 2011. It aims to ensure the U.S. food supply is safe by shifting the focus of federal regulators from responding to contamination to preventing it.