In January 2011, the UK Club informed Members that a new food safety law called the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) was passed in the US.
The law requires, in part, that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) implement the Sanitary Food Transportation Act and promulgate regulations requiring shippers, carriers, receivers, and other persons engaged in the transportation of food to use sanitary transportation practices to ensure that food is not transported under conditions that may render food adulterated.
Now, three years later, the law is in its final stages of implementation and the FDA has imposed a deadline of May 31, 2014 for comments on the proposed rule. Once the deadline for comments is concluded, it will be too late to voice any objections or comments and the carriers will be forced to deal with the implications, costs and consequences of the rule.
See attached file: Impact of New US Food Safety Rules on Carriers of Food.pdf
美国新食品安全法规对食品运输船的影响
2011年1月，协会曾告知会员，美国已通过一项新食品安全法案《食品安全现代法案》。
根据该法案部分条款，美国食品和药物管理局应实施《卫生食品运输法》并颁布条例要求托运人、承运人、收货人和其它参与食品运输的相关人士采取卫生运输方法，以确保食品不在运输过程中掺杂。
3年后，该法已到了要付诸实施的最后阶段，2014年5月31日是美国食品和药物管理局规定的对草拟法规提出意见的最后期限。超过最后期限即不得再提出任何异议或意见，届时承运人将不得不应对由该法规带来的影响、费用和后果。
详细信息请参阅附件。
