By Claudina Padilla Quiñonez, Kevin Moore and R. Scott Frazier. Learn about how food product and process safety is regulated under the U.S. Food and Drug Administration Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). An important part of FSMA is food product traceability. This allows for the rapid determination of where contamination may have occurred and to enhance the general safety of the U.S. food supply. This fact sheet describes some the basics of food product traceability regulations that are now in place and others that are on the horizon.

A helpful guide that clarifies food business categories with their corresponding definitions and license fees.

Coronaviruses are a large group of viruses known to cause mild to severe acute respiratory illnesses (SARs) in humans. The particular virus that is the cause of the 2019-2020 novel Coronavirus outbreak is the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which results in the COVID-19 illness and is the cause of the COVID-19 global pandemic. [SARS-CoV-2 is technically the virus, and COVID-19 is the illness; the terms are often used interchangeably].

The standards of produce safety highlighting the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) and the Produce Safety Rule (PSR).

The dangers of alternate flours in relation to common allergens.

Preventive Controls for Human Food rules and exemptions for food processors and the food industry’s estimated financial impacts associated with compliance.

Understand the meaning of equilibrium moisture content and learn how your aeration system can be kept in the best possible conditions.

A summarization of the major compliance requirements listed in the Preventive Controls for Human Food.