Improved Food and Feed Safety through Systematic Planning and the Theory of Sampling (TOS): An Introduction to “GOODSamples”

Charles Ramsey and Nancy Thiex

DOI: 10.1255/tosf.16

Abstract

The Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), signed into law by President Barack Obama on 4 January 2011, provides the US Food
and Drug Administration (FDA) with a framework to better protect public health by strengthening the food safety system. Its primary
purpose is to ensure the safety of the US food supply by shifting focus to prevention of food and animal feed contamination through
enhanced partnerships and integration among federal, state, local, tribal and territorial partners. FSMA is the most sweeping reform of
US food safety laws in 70 years. FSMA addresses Preventive Controls, Inspection and Compliance, Response, Imported Food Safety,
and Enhanced Partnerships. Title II—Improving Capacity to Detect and Respond to Food Safety Problems—addresses Laboratory
Accreditation for Analyses of Feeds in Section 202. Section 202(a)(6) states that Model Standards will require appropriate sampling.

Published in Issue 2 · 2014

Citing this article

Ramsey, C. & Thiex, N. (2014). Improved Food and Feed Safety through Systematic Planning and the Theory of Sampling (TOS): An Introduction to “GOODSamples”. TOS forum, 2014(2), 8-11. https://doi.org/10.1255/tosf.16

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