On January 30, 2024, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (US FDA) published an updated Hazard Guide as part of a revised draft guidance for the implementation of the PCHF rule under FSMA. The significant updates summarize comments that the US FDA received on the 2016 draft guidance for the Hazard Analysis and Risk-Based Preventive…
The Safe Food for Canadians Regulations (SFCR) came into force on January 15, 2019. The food safety requirements rest on three pillars: Business Licensing, One-step forward/One-step back Traceability and Preventative Controls for food safety. The term “Preventive Controls” is now widely used, from the Codex HACCP guidelines (2020 publication) to the FDA Food Safety Modernization…