It looks like the USDA will stop testing and the FDA will be in charge of food testing.  The Budget is cut to USDA as of 12 /31/12 the FDA does 80% less testing that USDA did.  http://www.foodsafetynews.com/2012/07/usda-bu...OUA8LY1GfY This USDA program was a reactionary approach to food safety and came in after the food was recalled.  The new approach to be preventitive with the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA).

"The New FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA)

The FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), the most sweeping reform of our food safety laws in more than 70 years, was signed into law by President Obama on January 4, 2011. It aims to ensure the U.S. food supply is safe by shifting the focus from responding to contamination to preventing it."

"FDA has released for public comment its proposed rule to establish science-based standards for growing, harvesting, packing and holding produce on domestic and foreign farms. The proposed rule for preventive controls for human food is being published at the same time. The proposed rules build on existing voluntary industry guidelines for food safety, which many producers, growers and others currently follow. These are two of the proposed rules that are key to the preventive food safety approach established by the 2011 FDA Food Safety Modernization Act. Soon, FDA will issue its proposed rule on foreign supplier verification; future proposed rules will address preventive controls for animal food, and accreditation of third-party auditors for imported food."  http://www.fda.gov/Food/FoodSafety/FSMA/ucm334114.htm

What I understand is that old way was to do spot inspections and were only done occasionally constrained by budget and personel.  The new rules will have the food handlers comply with guidllines and when violations are discovered then inspectors go out.  Which is covered with the cloud reporting with the MIT 1000 because it can be sent to FDA or Gov. automatically.  MMTC is on top of this.

"It is widely recognized that produce is an essential component of a healthy diet, and the safe production and harvesting of fruits and vegetables helps consumers to maintain healthy diets. Foodborne illness outbreaks associated with contaminated produce over the last decade have highlighted the need to focus on preventing foodborne illness in the first place, and not just react once it happens. FDA’s analysis of available foodborne illness outbreak data document 131 outbreaks associated with contaminated produce between 1996 and 2010, causing more than 14,000 illnesses and 34 deaths. These foodborne illness outbreaks were caused mainly by biological hazards such as Salmonella , E. coli O157:H7, Shigella , Hepatitis A, and Cyclospora . Therefore, the proposed FDA produce rule focuses on preventing the introduction of known or reasonably foreseeable biological hazards.

The proposed rule builds on the more than 10 years of produce safety activities by FDA, as well as the produce industry and other stakeholders, to put in place science-based best practices and standards for the growing, harvesting, packing and holding of fruits and vegetables. Industry efforts have included development of numerous commodity-specific guidance documents that address on-farm food safety practices. States such as Florida have passed regulations for the safe production and handling of fresh market tomatoes. Additionally, the industry, in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Agriculture and State departments of agriculture, has developed Leafy Greens Marketing Agreements in California and Arizona."

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