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AIB Answers

Q. Is my food warehouse exempt from FSMA’s Preventive Controls rule?

The Importance of Records Under FSMA

FSMA’s rules and FDA’s increased authority will put pressure on the food industry to make food safety a priority and document appropriate measures being implemented throughout the supply chain.

Sanitary Transport Of Human and Animal Food

FSMA and US Food Product Importers: Impact of the Foreign Supplier Verification Program (FSVP)

Food importers and their foreign suppliers should be familiar with FSVP now in order to be successful later.

Approaching Compliance from an Operational Point of View

When the legal approach to compliance is accompanied by an operational/financial assessment component, your company will not only achieve and maintain compliance, it will do so more efficiently.

Managing Temperature as a Preventive Control

Food safety failures and recalls during the last 20 to 30 years have been largely due to insufficient rigor in the application and management of operational and non-operational support programs and activities capable of preventing such failures.

Educating Your Employees Pays!

There are many advantages to education and training being treated as a continuous investment opportunity, rather than a cost of doing business to be minimized and adjusted according to business cycles.

Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) and Food Imports

It took 73 years to update the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act of 1938, but when FSMA was signed into law, the changes were dramatic and in some cases radical.

Assigning Cost to Inefficiencies

The difference between gross sales and manufacturing costs needs to provide sufficient net profits for business sustainability, future investments, and expansion.