Auditing Food Safety

Domestic and foreign facilities that manufacture, process, pack, or hold food for human or animal consumption in the United States are required by the Bioterrorism Act and the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) to register with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and have a food safety plan in place that includes identification of potential hazards and preventive controls to minimize or prevent hazards. Food safety audits, also referred to as food safety inspections, are an important c…