ASTA Feedback to GAO on FDA Implementation of Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA)
ASTA was contacted in August 2024 by the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO), which was seeking to obtain perspectives from various food safety stakeholders on FDA's implementation of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). In collaboration with ASTA members and the association's General Counsel, ASTA provided the following feedback on the Preventive Controls for Human Foods Rule (Section 103), Sanitary Transportation Rule (Section 111), and the Foreign Supplier Verification Program (Section 301).
10/02/2024 at 12:00 am
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