New FDA FSMA Rules on the Sanitary Transportation of Human and Animal Foods and adherence to them

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is in the process of finalising food safety rules. A major part of these rules is devoted to the ways by which to ensure scientific and safe transportation and logistics food transportation. The FDA is required to establish rules for that improve, audit and enforce new rules relating to food transportation. This is something required by the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), under congressional instructions.

Many aspects of food transportation come under the ambit of these new FSMA Rules. These include:

-       Foods not completely enclosed by a container

-       Prevention and reduction in adulteration and risk

-       Personnel training and certification for this purpose

-       Inspecting food and collecting data

-       Maintaining compliance and reporting about its evidence.

How to do this right?

Comprehension of all the FDA FSMA Rules on the Sanitary Transportation of Human and Animal Foods is necessary and important for organizations that work in food transportation. They also need to know how to implement these rules. It is this understanding that GlobalCompliancePanel, a leading provider of professional trainings for all the areas of regulatory compliance, will offer at a seminar it is organizing.

The Director of this two-day seminar is John Ryan, President, TransCert, QualityInFoodSafety, RyanSystems. To gain insights into how to understand all the aspects of the FDA FSMA Rules on the Sanitary Transportation of Human and Animal Foods and to understand how to comply with them, just register for this session by visiting http://www.globalcompliancepanel.com/control/globalseminars/~product_id=900810?linkedin-SEO . This seminar has been pre-approved by RAPS as eligible for up to 12 credits towards a participant's RAC recertification upon full completion

At this seminar, the Director will arm participants with an understanding of the legal requirements of food transportation and how to develop a company plan that meets the expectations and requirements of both its customers and the FDA. Also offered is total understanding and review of the ways of establishing the right temperature monitoring, sanitation, container test and traceability, training and data reporting procedures.

Technological aspects of FDA FSMA Rules on the Sanitary Transportation of Human and Animal Foods

Technological aspects of food transportation are gaining importance. These include new low cost GPS enabled traceability and temperature monitoring technology, EPA approved container sanitizers, washout technologies, temperature maintenance equipment, and food residue and bio-contaminant testing. FDA FSMA Rules on the Sanitary Transportation of Human and Animal Foods have a close relationship with these. The Director of this seminar will take these up for examination.

In reviewing the future of transportation food safety in the light of new and evolving technologies; the Director will dot the seminar with references to upcoming technology providers and provide Internet links to detailed information on the same.

This seminar is immensely useful for food supply chain logistics and food safety and security personnel whose primary responsibilities include management, sanitation, quality and operations. Those involved with handling incoming and outgoing food shipments, maintaining transportation equipment and tools, and purchasing or selling will also derive high value out of this seminar.