The various regulations of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) will affect how business is conducted along the entire produce supply chain, from farm to fridge and freezer to fork.
In mid-September, FDA published the Preventive Controls for Human Food (PCHF) Rule and the Preventive Controls for Animal Food (PCAF) Rule. As of press time, FDA has just published the final Produce Safety Rule, Foreign Supplier Verification Program (FSVP) Rule and the Accreditation of Third-Party Auditors Rule. The remaining two major rules, Mitigation of Intentional Adulteration Rule and Sanitary Transportation Rule, are expected by early 2016.