FDA Suspends Food Facility Registration for First Time Under FSMA, Shows Off New Powers
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November 30, 2012
Food, Food Safety Modernization Act, Law & Regulatory
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Tags: enforcement, facility, food safety modernization act, FSMA, FSVP, HARPC, high-risk, IFT, peanut butter, peanuts, pilot, powers, registration, salmonella, Sunland, suspension, trace, track
On November 26th, 2012 the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) suspended the food facility registration of Sunland, Inc., a New Mexico producer of peanut butter and peanut products due to a “reasonable belief” that their products had sickened some consumers with a strain of Salmonella. This marks the first time that FDA has leveraged this new enforcement authority given to it under the 2011 Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). Under the FSMA, FDA can suspend the … READ MORE
