Judge Orders FDA, Food Safety Group To Set FSMA Implementation Date

FDA’s delays in implementing the Food Safety Modernization Act violated FSMA and the Administrative Procedures Act, a federal court finds in an April 22 order. The agency must meet with plaintiff Center for Food Safety to agree on new implementation deadlines by May 20.

A federal judge ordered FDA to meet with the advocacy group Center For Food Safety to set new deadlines for the agency to implement elements of the Food Safety Modernization Act of 2010.

CFS filed suit Aug. 29, 2012, after FDA failed to enact the new food safety regulations outlined under FSMA within...

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