Last month the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that it had requested $43 million as part of the President’s fiscal year (FY) 2023 budget to further investments in food safety modernization, including food safety oversight of people and pet foods. An excerpt from the press release reads in part: “Building on the modernized food safety regulatory framework created by the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act, this funding will allow the agency to improve prevention-oriented food safety practices, strengthen data sharing and predictive analytics capabilities and enhance traceability to more quickly respond to outbreaks and recalls for human and animal food.”
Most food manufacturers must comply with the requirements for risk-based preventive controls mandated by the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) as well as the modernized Current Good Manufacturing Practices (CGMPs) of this rule. This directive requires food facilities to have a food safety plan in place that includes an analysis of hazards and risk-based preventive controls to minimize or prevent the identified hazards.