FOOD SAFETY MODERNIZATION ACT (FSMA) - The Bureau …食品安全现代化法案（FSMA）-局….ppt

Jamaica National Agency for Accreditation (JANAAC) is currently accrediting a set of labs. to collectively cover the range of tests by January 2013. We all commit to the common goal of ensuring Jamaica’s agri/agro-processed exports into the USA by complying with the requirements of the USFDA FSMA. The FDA website @ .FSMA The FSM Secretariat at 619-1131 BSJ Website @ .jm AN OVERVIEW Beverley Miller Date: 25 October 2011 The Food Safety Modernization Act, an amendment of the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic (FDC) Act, was signed into law on January 4, 2011 by President Obama. The Act provides a legislative mandate to require science-based preventive controls across the food supply chain rather than a reactive approach to food safety problems. Foodborne illness a big problem in the U.S.A. Recent data from the Centers for Disease Control Prevention: About 48 million (1 in 6) Americans get sick; 128,000 are hospitalized and 3,000 die each year Foodborne diseases a largely preventable public health burden 1. Improving capacity to prevent food safety problems; 2. Improving capacity to detect and respond to food safety problems; 3. Improving the safety of imported food. Registration Biennial registration renewal as of October 1, 2012; Suspension of registration Hazard analysis and risk-based preventive control Authority to collect fees for re-inspection; mandatory recalls; voluntary qualified importer programme (VQIP); Unique Identification Number for each registered facility (study underway). Identification and inspection of facilities; increased frequency of inspection. (In year 1- at least 600 foreign facilities to be inspected) Identification and inspection at ports of entry; Laboratory Accreditation for Analysis of Foods; (Foreign labs which satisfy accreditation standards shall be accredited); Enhanced tracking/tracing of foods(starting with pilot projects) recordkeeping; Foodborne illness surveillance system; Mandatory recall authority. S