Importers now accountable for verifying safety of food brought into the United States
Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–November 13, 2015. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today took major steps to prevent foodborne illness by finalizing rules implementing the bipartisan Food Safety Modernization Act that, for the first time, establish enforceable safety standards for produce farms and make importers accountable for verifying that imported food meets U.S. safety standards. The Agency also issued a rule establishing a…
