FDA’s Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) may have been signed into law in 2011, but the effects of its implementation are still being felt by many manufacturers and suppliers in snack and baking—and for good reason.
“FSMA impacts all facets of how a company serves its customers and conducts its logistics management,” explains Bob Klimko, director of market development, ORBIS Corp., Oconomowoc, WI. “FSMA is in its fourth year now. Its original goal was to develop standards that food and beverage processors and suppliers can adhere to, so we can proactively prevent food contamination. It’s set guidelines for improvement, so the industry is no longer responding to outbreaks of foodborne illnesses after they have already occurred.”