Food Safety

The Food Safety Modernization Act( FSMA) amends key provisions of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and significantly revises federal food safety laws.

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Why is it an issue?

The baking industry is committed to producing safe, nutritious (and delicious) baked products for America’s families. Our industry strictly adheres to a set of processes to provide healthy and safe products, constantly improving food safety practices.

Testing food safety

Leveraging research from Kansas State University and the University of Georgia, ABA partnered with AIB International to produce a food safety preventative controls validation methodology for representative SKUs – hamburger buns, muffins, whole wheat pan bread, crackers, cookies, and more. These interactive tool takes recorded time and temperature parameters, automatically determining the total process lethality for Salmonella.

Baking process kill step calculators

Baking Process Kill Step Calculators

The baking process kill step calculators increase food safety assurance, comply with the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), and prevent costly per-product foundational research.

Access the calculators here.

Developed in collaboration with AIB International, researchers at Kansas State University, and the University of Georgia.

DEVELOPING AND GROWING RELATIONSHIPS IN THE SUPPLY CHAIN

ABA co-leads the Food & Beverage Issue Alliance, which has grown to more than 60 members with eleven active working groups. This group represents a wide swath of the FDA-regulated food industry. The Alliance serves as a resource and conduit for ongoing dialogue with federal agencies including FDA and USDA as well as Congress on key issues impacting nutrition and food safety policy, and ultimately, the American consumer.

ABA's position on food safety

The Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) established sweeping reform to federal food safety laws. New requirements included: preventative process controls; hazard evaluation; traceability; safety of imports; recordkeeping and access; inspection; FDA enforcement powers and recalls. As regulatory proposals on these issues are published, ABA worked with our Members to develop consensus policy positions to respond to the Agency as well as cost-effective strategies for bakers to implement food safety requirements.