As food and beverage manufacturers move to meet the new rules and regulations specified by the FDA’s Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), ingredients labels are just one item under scrutiny. Both consumers and the FDA are calling for greater ingredient transparency from food producers and, as writers for Nutritional Outlook wrote, “it is crucial that firms know the basics of ingredient identification.” The authors go on to outline recommendations on ingredient standards and testing for manufacturers to follow. The article also highlights one manufacturer that received FDA violation warnings due to unclear labeling and lack of ingredient supplier verification.

On Nov. 2, 2015, the FDA submitted its most recent rules for publication. To learn more about the latest FSMA rules, and to receive updates that might affect your food processing plant, visit the FDA’s FSMA site.