Last week FDA announced it finalized two of seven major rules under the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). The two rules included preventative controls rules for human and animal food. These rules will require human and animal food facilities to develop and implement written food safety plants that indicate the possible problems that could affect the safety of their products and outline steps the facility can take to minimize these risks. The remaining five rules will be finalized through 2016.
This announcement is big news for the food industry, but just how will the average consumer be better protected under these new rules? To help answer that question, FDA outlined five ways consumers will be touched by the new FSMA rules.