Will FDA Meet its July 4 FSMA Deadline? Don’t Hold Your Breath
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It’s that time of year again… Time for another FSMA deadline! The pressure is on for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to meet yet another critical date with multiple deadlines imposed by the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). Every 6 months a deadline rolls around and every 6 months FDA has stumbled past it with varying degrees of success in delivering what Congress instructed. This July 4th is another such deadline with multiple important FSMA items due. Whereas it might be expected to stir up some panic … READ MORE