From Nutraceuticals World
The Standardized Information on Dietary Ingredients (SIDI) Working Group, composed of dietary supplement firms and industry trade associations, recently submitted comments to FDA regarding the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA): “Title III—A New Paradigm for Importers.” SIDI supports establishing a strong program for qualifying raw material suppliers, testing incoming ingredients and verifying the contents of finished products in order to reduce the risks of contamination, adulteration and other supply chain failures.
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Wednesday, June 1, 2011
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Can FDA Afford to Implement New Food Safety Measures?
From Natural Products INSIDER
By Steve Myers
The passage of an ambitious new food safety act (Food Safety Modernization Act) presents a new challenge to an old problem at FDA: will the agency receive the funding it needs to implement the new system and effectively undertake its new enforcement activities?
In a press teleconference today, FDA Chief Peggy Hamburg said some of the mandated activities the bill requires of FDA were previously set in motion by the agency, so they will be theoretically introduced more quickly and efficiently. However, a Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimated the cost of the new food safety system at around $1.4 billion over five years. Hamburg, who said Congress has basically told FDA to build a new system for monitoring and enforcing food safety, was not terribly forthcoming about her agency’s expectations for receiving the funding needed to meet this cost.
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By Steve Myers
The passage of an ambitious new food safety act (Food Safety Modernization Act) presents a new challenge to an old problem at FDA: will the agency receive the funding it needs to implement the new system and effectively undertake its new enforcement activities?
In a press teleconference today, FDA Chief Peggy Hamburg said some of the mandated activities the bill requires of FDA were previously set in motion by the agency, so they will be theoretically introduced more quickly and efficiently. However, a Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimated the cost of the new food safety system at around $1.4 billion over five years. Hamburg, who said Congress has basically told FDA to build a new system for monitoring and enforcing food safety, was not terribly forthcoming about her agency’s expectations for receiving the funding needed to meet this cost.
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