FDA expects to quell lawsuit over delayed food safety rules
Though it’s behind schedule, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Washington, D.C., says that creating new rules for food safety is too complex a task to be completed quickly and says a lawsuit seeking to compel government action should be dismissed.
The agency says the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), which was signed into law in January 2011 to regulate the $450-billion domestic and imported food business, requires additional time.