Overview
The food industry today is surrounded by an increasing amount of highly publicized food safety concerns. The role of food testing laboratories, though often behind the scenes, has become an integral component of the daily checks and balances of our food production system. With the release of the FDA’s Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) in 2011, new requirements directly affecting food manufacturers and food testing laboratories may emerge. While many of the particulars still remain to be ironed out, the act mentions food laboratories 57 times and laboratory tests 29 times, and many anticipate forthcoming regulation.