Tag Archives: John Shapiro

Jason Klinowski Published in Food Safety Magazine

The September 2012 edition of Food Safety Magazine’s eDigest includes a Food Safety Modernization Act (“FSMA”) Update Article that I co-authored along with John Shapiro.

Please see a link to the article below:

FSMA Legislative Update

This article discusses the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)’s second annual report on the roll out of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) and illustrated how the report did not mention the FDA’s failure to promulgate five important regulations during 2012.

Along this same line, we discussed the Center for Food Safety and the Center for Environmental Health’s August 29, 2012 civil action against certain governmental agencies and officers to enforce the FSMA and to compel the promulgation of certain key regulations.

Jason Klinowski Published in Food Safety Magazine

The August 2012 edition of Food Safety Magazine’s eDigest includes a Food Safety Modernization Act (“FSMA”) Update Article that I co-authored along with John Shapiro.

Please see a link to the article below:

FSMA Legislative Update

This article discusses the July 31, 2012, Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announcement of the per hour FDA inspector charges it will levy against food companies in the upcoming fiscal year under the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA).  Those rates are $221 per hour if no foreign travel is required and $289 per hour if foreign travel is required. The new rates will take effect October 1, 2012, and will be effective through September 30, 2013. FDA intends to reassess the rates for the fiscal year starting October 1, 2013.

Jason Klinowski Published in Food Safety Magazine

The May 2012 edition of Food Safety Magazine’s eDigest includes a 2012 Farm Bill Update Article that I co-authored along with John Shapiro. 

Please see a link to the article below:

Food Safety Magazine – eDigest

This article looks at the “2012 Farm Bill” and discusses the proposals heading to the Senate for consideration and debate.

Jason Klinowski Published in Food Safety Magazine

The April 2012 edition of Food Safety Magazine’s eDigest includes a Food Safety Modernization Act Update Article that I co-authored along with John Shapiro. 

Please see a link to the article below:

Food Safety Magazine – FSMA Legislative Update

This article looks at the “FSMA One-Year Progress Report” and discusses where we are with the implementation of this historic act.