The Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) affects every link in the cold chain from farm to fork. This act fundamentally alters the way the United States regulates the safety of its food supply, shifting the focus of the federal government from responding to food contamination issues to preventing problems from occurring in the first place.
While food producers and processors bear the primary responsibility for food safety under the FSMA, they also rely heavily on partners in the refrigerated transportation industry to ensure that safe and sanitary conditions are maintained throughout a product’s journey to market.