FDA Announces Standards to Enhance States' Food Safety Programs
August 3, 2007
In a press release this week, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced new voluntary standards for state regulatory agencies that inspect FDA-regulated facilities. The new Manufactured Food Regulatory Program Standards are intended to make the inspections more uniform and consistent. The Standards include best practices for staff training, inspection, quality assurance, food defense preparedness and response, food borne illness and incident investigations, enforcement, education and outreach, resource management, laboratory resources, and program assessment. For more information, call Dr. David Gombas, senior vice president of food safety and technology, at 202-303-3411.
United Fresh Produce Association
1901 Pennsylvania Ave. NW Suite 1100
Washington, DC 20006
Tel: 202 303 3400
Fax: 202 303 3433 united@unitedfresh.org
