January 4,2013
WASHINGTON—The U.S. government on Friday proposed two major rules under a landmark food-safety law aimed to prevent foodborne illnesses that claim thousands of American lives each year.
"We really need to do more than react after the fact," Margaret Hamburg, Commissioner of Food and Drugs for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), said Friday during a conference call with the media to discuss the proposals.
FDA has proposed the measures under the 2-year-old Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), which President Obama signed into law on Jan. 4, 2011. The rules affect food manufacturers and farmers, focusing on prevention of Salmonella, E. coli and other foodborne illnesses that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates impact 1in 6 Americans every year.
“FDA’s proposed regulations on preventive controls and fresh produce form the cornerstone of FSMA," said attorney Joe Levitt, a partner with Hogan Lovells and the former Director of FDA’s Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, in a statement. "They get to the very heart of the new law’s paradigm shift from reaction to prevention."
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