Implementation of FDA’s Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) is fostering new expectations of food-safety programs in food manufacturing facilities. Bakers should already be preparing to ensure that all their food-processing operations are in control, beginning with basic sanitation practices.
Manufacturers that receive recall notifications know that undeclared allergens occur frequently and more often in certain types of foods. Any preventive programs controlling undeclared allergens label verification at packaging, allergen cross-contact during processing, proper allergen changeover cleaning or supplier verification for undeclared allergens should be directed by a risk-based hazard analysis.