Watch out dictionary lovers and English majors, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is about to make your head spin.  In its recent proposed rule for the Hazard Analysis and Risk-Based Preventive Control (HARPC) requirements under FSMA, FDA spent numerous pages defining “farm,” “harvesting,” “holding,” “manufacturing/processing,” and “packing” as they pertain to Food Facility Registration.  These words may seem trivial, however, the definition changes will have far reaching effects for some in the food industry concerning which safety and sanitary controls will apply to … READ MORE

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On January 4, 2013, FDA published its proposed Hazard Analysis and Risk-Based Preventive Controls (“HARPC”) regulations for food facilities, exactly one year after it was required to under the Food Safety Modernization Act (“FSMA”).  HARPC is a new set of food safety regulations that essentially copies existing food safety principles previously only applicable to seafood and juices (HACCP Principles) and applies them to the production of almost all other food types.  FDA posted the proposed regulations today with a comment deadline of May 16th, … READ MORE

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According to research done by www.FDAImports.com, The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) aggressively stepped-up the number of food-facility inspections in China last year according to the FDA Inspection Classification Database. Between fiscal year 2009 and 2010, FDA had a thirteen-fold increase in food-facility inspections in China. Last year’s dramatic increase foreshadows FDA’s greater international profile through inspecting foreign food-facility, which Congress mandated in the recently passed FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (“FSMA”).

China has played an increasingly important role in supplying food to the United States. Between 1999 and 2008, China went from the eleventh-largest supplier of … READ MORE

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