For
Immediate Release
Contact: Yuting Guo
Co-Director, Global Food Safety Forum (GFSF) and Business Development (Asia Pacific)
The GIC Group
1434 Duke Street
Alexandria, VA 22314
yguo@gicgroup.com
February 19, 2014
Today, Rick Gilmore,
Chairman of Global Food Safety Forum, addressed the international impact of the
Food Safety Modernization Act of 2010, as a member of a panel hosted by the
Farm Foundation on the implementation of
FSMA.
He underscored that
until the rules are finalized, no later than the court ordered deadline of June
30, 2015, suppliers and importers will continue to be in limbo. "The
gate is wide open for fraud to go undetected, food origin untraced and
unverified, and consumer confidence to plummet, " said Gilmore.
"Without an enforceable and predictable food safety system in place, there
is no water's edge."
Despite the
uncertainties and problems facing the global supply chain, Gilmore cited the
example of China where enormous progress has been made in the legal
architecture but where compliance still falls seriously short. According
to Gilmore, "So long as there's a lack of clarity on such issues as third
party auditor certification, all parties face the uncertainty of mounting
liability exposure. "FSMA can be a catalyst for harmonization of standards
and uniform compliance," he concluded, "but so long as regulations
remain unwritten and enforcement unfunded, the whole global supply chain system
can be upended."
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