Category — Agency Rulemaking

This post comes courtesy of Troutman Sanders attorneys Diane Romza-Kutz, Robert E. Browne, Jr., and Matthew M. Morrissey, who are members of the Firm’s Life Sciences Team.  We hope you find it useful.

Jan. 4, 2012 — On January 4, 2011, President Barack Obama signed the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) into law. The FSMA purports to address perceived problems with the American food safety regime by empowering the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) with new regulatory and enforcement authority. The law creates expansive power for the FDA to regulate both domestic food producers and companies importing food products into the United States. Today, January 4, 2012, marks the one year anniversary of the FSMA and many significant steps have been taken to implement the legislation.

This Advisory will highlight a few of the most important regulatory actions taken pursuant to the  FSMA to date and the major implications for business involved in food production and supply. [Read more →]