FDA Food Safety Head To Discuss FSMA, Labeling At Dairy Forum 2017

With the Food Safety Modernization Act compliance underway, what next steps can industry expect from the Food and Drug Administration? Will regulators at FDA and the Department of Agriculture be able to work together to align compliance dates for revisions to the Nutrition Facts label and the disclosure standard for bioengineered foods?  Will there be additional sampling assignments in 2017? 

These are just a few of the questions that Stephen Ostroff, M.D., FDA deputy commissioner of food and veterinary medicine, is expected to address when he joins Dairy Forum 2017 attendees for breakfast on Tuesday, Jan. 31 in Orlando, Fla.  

“We all want the same thing – a safe, nutritious and abundant food supply,” Ostroff told members at an IDFA-sponsored meeting in June. He added that it’s important to work together, especially on the implementation phase of FSMA’s seven foundational rules. Maximum food safety protection will only occur if the rules work and compliance is high, he said.

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