FDA and OMB sued for delay of updated Food Safety Act implementation
President Obama signed the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) into law in January 2011, but four of the key regulations mandated by the law have been under review at the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB)'s Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs for more than eight months—what’s being described as an unusually long delay for measures backed by industry and consumer groups alike.
The FDA has now failed to promulgate seven major food-safety regulations, according to a complaint filed in federal court Aug. 30 by the Center for Food Safety and the Center for Environmental Health.