FDA Highlights Progress in Implementing FSMA for Jan-Mar 2012

The Food and Drug Administration updated its Progress Report on Implementing the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) for January -- March 2012. The report highlights, among other things: (1) the FDA’s announcement of types of foods that will be part of the pilot projects on product tracing; (2) a FAQ and fact sheet describing how FDA identifies a high-risk facility; and (3) the FDA’s release of its interim final rule and guidance on its access to records.

(See ITT’s Online Archives 12030948 for summary of FDA’s FAQ describing how it identifies a high-risk facility, 12022320 for summary of the FDA’s issuance of its interim final rule and guidance on access to records, and 12041132 for summary of announcement of foods to be included in product tracing pilot.)