FSPCA is dedicated to collecting and making available a variety of resources to assist the human and animal food industry in complying with upcoming Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA)-related preventive control regulations.
- COMBASE – Combined Database for Predictive Microbiology
- Cornell’s GMP Internet Training Course
- Evaluation & Definition of Potentially Hazardous Foods
- FDA Food Code
- Food Defense Plan Builder
- Food Processing & HACCP Guidance Documents & Regulatory Information
- Food Safety Plan Builder
- FSMA Public Meeting: Focus on Implementation Strategy for Prevention-Oriented Food Safety Standards
- FSPCA Information Document
- FSPCA Reference Sheet for FSMA Compliance Dates English | Spanish
- Guidance for Industry: Guide to Minimize Microbial Food Safety Hazards of Fresh-cut Fruits and Vegetables
- Guidance for Commercial Processors of Acidified & Low-Acid Canned Foods
- North Carolina State University’s on demand short course – Sanitation Control Procedures for Food
- Small Businesses / Small Entity Compliance Guides
- USDA/ARS Pathogen Modeling Program
- Validation and Verification White Paper
- Voices of FSMA: The Road to Implementation
Please check these pages frequently for updated resource materials. If you experience any difficulties downloading materials or discover broken links, please contact us via e-mail.
Guidance for Industry
- Guidance for Industry: Compliance with Providing an Acceptable Unique Facility Identifier for the Foreign Supplier Verification Programs Regulation
- Guidance for Industry: Recognition of Acceptable Unique Facility Identifier (UFI) for the Foreign Supplier Verification Programs Regulation
- Draft Guidance for Industry: Control of Listeria monocytogenes in Ready-To-Eat Foods
- Guidance for Industry: What You Need to Know About the FDA Regulation: Current Good Manufacturing Practice, Hazard Analysis, and Risk-Based Preventive Controls for Human Food; Small Entity Compliance Guide
- Guidance for Industry: Small Entity Compliance Guide - Current Good Manufacturing Practice, Hazard Analysis, and Risk-Based Preventive Controls for Food for Animals
- Draft Guidance for Industry: Describing a Hazard That Needs Control in Documents Accompanying the Food, as Required by Four Rules Implementing FSMA
- Draft Guidance for Industry: Current Good Manufacturing Practice Requirements for Food for Animals
- Draft Guidance for Industry: Human Food By-Products for Use as Animal Food
- Draft Guidance for Industry: Hazard Analysis and Risk-Based Preventive Controls for Human Food
Regulation
Information that may be useful for determining severity and probability of hazards in different types of animal food
- RFR data
- Recall and withdrawal data
- Pesticide residue monitoring program
- Compliance policy guides from FDA
- Salmonella prevalence in animal feeds
- World Organisation for Animal Health BSE Risk Status
- Animal nutrient requirements (free online or link for hardcopy)
Other forms
Other resources
- Centers for Disease Control Pet Food and Treats—Tips for Keeping People and Pets Healthy and Safe from Salmonella
- European Food Safety Authority Animal Feed Portal
- World Animal Health Information Database
- Feed Inspector’s Manual, Labeling Guide, Obtaining Defensible Samples, link to AAFCO Official Publication
- Feed Additive Compendium (summary of mediated feed additive inclusion levels and purpose)