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Management Implications of FSMA in Feed Mills

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Jeff Kronenberg is the Extension Food Processing Specialist with University of Idaho's School of Food Science & TechHelp.
Jeff Kronenberg is the Extension Food Processing Specialist with University of Idaho's School of Food Science & TechHelp.

The Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) was signed into law a little over a year ago — on January 4, 2011. According to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, it is the “most sweeping reform of our food safety laws in more than 70 years, and aims to ensure the U.S. food supply is safe by shifting the focus from responding to contamination to preventing it.” Registration under this new law is not only required of manufacturers of human food products — but also pet food and animal feed...
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