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The FDA’s Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), requires domestic and foreign food facilities registered with section 415 of the Food, Drug, & Cosmetic (FD&C) Act to enact risk-based preventive controls. This document provides information on the required analysis of hazards and risk-based preventive controls to minimize or prevent identified hazards.

In this white paper, you'll learn more about the details of Section 402(a)(1) of the Food Drug and Cosmetic Act that defines adulteration. What is considered contamination? How it can happen. What levels of extraneous material are acceptable? Filth analysis should be part of any HACCP plan that requires examination of raw material.