The emphasis on food safety has been constantly shifting and evolving. Traceability was an initial focus; then came the Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) practices, which impacted manufacturing. More recently, the Global Food Initiative was created to improve food safety supply chain management.
Many predict the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), which was passed by Congress in December 2010, and signed into law by President Obama on Jan. 4, 2011, will be the game changer.