Joseph A. Levitt is a partner in the Washington, D.C. office of Hogan Lovells US LLP. Prior to joining the firm in 2004, he worked at FDA for 25 years and served as director of FDAâs Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition from 1998 through 2003. Levitt serves as outside regulatory counsel to the International Dairy Foods Association.
The Food Safety Modernization Act became law in 2011. The FDA is now writing proposed regulations that will likely take effect next year. What do dairy companies need to do to get ready?
The most sweeping set of food safety reforms of our lifetime was signed into law by President Obama in January 2011. Called the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), the Food and Drug Administration is now writing proposed regulations that will likely take effect next year. What do dairy companies need to do to get ready? Here are four critical areas for you to focus on now.
