• Posts Tagged ‘request for comments’

    Request for Comments on the GFSI Benchmarking Requirement Version 8 Draft Including Food Fraud

    by John Spink • June 26, 2019 • Blog • 0 Comments

    Recently, the GFSI public request for comments on the Version 8 draft was due. While the deadline has passed, if you have significant comments or concerns, you can still submit comments.  To link to the  Version 8 draft of GFSI Benchmarking Requirements see: https://www.mygfsi.com/news-resources/latest-news/1755-first-consultation-for-version-8.html Key Take-Aways Food fraud requirements are not going away! The...

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    FDA “Request for Comment” on FSMA Hazard Disclosure (or Not) – Regarding Food Fraud and EMA

    by John Spink • November 2, 2016 • Blog • 0 Comments

    Earlier this week FDA released “Describing a Hazard That Needs Control in Documents Accompanying the Food, as Required by Four Rules Implementing the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act: Guidance for Industry.” This was officially published in the Federal Register on October 31, 2016. Food Fraud (or EMA) was not directly addressed. This only defines...

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    Request for Comments on the GFSI Guidance Document Issue 7 including Food Fraud (due 2/19/2016)

    by John Spink • February 11, 2016 • Blog • 0 Comments

    Three days ago on February 8th GFSI issued a public request for comments on the new Guidance Document Issue 7 including new Food Fraud requirements. It is open until February 19th. Instructions and links to provide comments are included below. Both FSMA and now the GFSI require food producers and distributors to address Food...

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    A Primer for Submitting Your FSMA “Request for Comments” on Food Fraud/ Economically Motivated Adulteration

    by John Spink • March 20, 2013 • Blog • 0 Comments

    The US Food and Drug Administration released two draft rulemaking documents in January 2013 for the Food Safety Modernization Act that was passed in January 2011: Current Good Manufacturing Practice and Hazard Analysis and Risk-Based Preventive Controls for Human Food Standards for the Growing, Harvesting, Packing, and Holding of Produce for...

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