FSMA is making food companies responsible for documenting how they intend to take proactive steps to avoid product contamination. Manufacturers must conduct hazard analyses of known or “reasonably foreseeable” vulnerabilities in the production process where microbiological, chemical or physical contamination might arise. Once these are identified, the companies are then required to prepare written procedures describing how the hazards will be removed (and prevented from recurring), and also create and conduct employee training programs to prevent contamination from happening. These procedures must be maintained and updated on a regular basis, and immediately accessible to FDA inspection.The following is a short list of current requirements under FSMA:
Written proceduresThird party certificationStorage and handlingHazard analysisPreventative controls for identified hazardsRecord keeping requirementsEmployee trainingVerification and monitoringClearly, there’s going to be a lot of initial work to be done to comply with the new regulations. However, there are many resources available for companies to insure FSMA won’t end up being a management nightmare. CRC is a resource that offers its
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