Farmers worried about new US food safety rules

Farmers and exporters at the Food Safety Symposium hosted by the Guyana National Bureau of Standards

Local farmers are concerned about new requirements under the United States’ Food Safety Modernisation Act (FSMA).

Some vented their concerns yesterday at a symposium, ‘FMSA – What exporters must know and do to comply,’ hosted by the Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) at Regency Suites to sensitise food producers, exporters and other stakeholders on the requirements of the law.

With the new rules, the US Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) has shifted its focus to stopping outbreaks before