For small and medium businesses, adhering to food safety regulations like the FDA's Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) in the U.S. or similar regional laws is not optional—it’s mandatory.

For Your Health: The importance of food safety. September 24, 2024 at 4:00 a.m. ... which is based on national standards set by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

A former official noted that the FDA had roughly 1,500 people in the field for an average of 8,300 domestic and 900 foreign food production inspections each year. But only 450 of those personnel ...

The agency declined to quickly release documents that would identify drugs made at some of the most troubled foreign ...

Sanaka Samarasinha Explains the Importance of Food Safety as a Public Health Measure LOS ANGELES, CA / ACCESSWIRE / July 8, 2024 / Sanaka Samarasinha, a veteran United Nations leader with over 25 ...

But scientists in food and drug-testing labs and ... “The lab scientists at the F.D.A. are very important to the ... which means keeping a close eye on drugs, medical devices, food safety and ...

Beyond layoffs at federal health agencies, cuts are beginning to happen at state and local health departments as a result of an HHS move last week to pull back more than $11 billion in COVID-19 ...

Read more: Reviewing the Safety of our Foods and Drugs: An Urgent Need for a Comprehensive Reevaluation by FDA of Talc in The American Food and Drug Supply. Dr. George F. Tidmarsh, co-author of ...

FDA's former top official warns of "giving people false hope" after RFK Jr.'s autism claims 10:38. Food and Drug Administration officials have told some scientists and inspections staff that their ...

WASHINGTON, April 4 (Reuters) - The Trump administration's mass firings at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration have removed employees critical to reviewing new medicines, setting back years of ...

The cuts hit the Center for Veterinary Medicine, an arm of the Food and Drug Administration that regulates the safety and efficacy of drugs, food and medical devices for animals.