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Theme Overview: Producer Impacts of the Food Safety Modernization Act

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  • Ribera, Luis A.

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The Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), P.L. 111-353, is the most significant reform of the U.S. food safety laws in over 70 years. After less than two years in Congressional development, it was signed into law by President Obama on January 4, 2011. The law shifts the focus from responding to contamination to preventing it. The “Final Rule” was published on November 27, 2015, becoming effective on January 26, 2016. The lengthy period of time in rule development is, in part, explained by the complexity of our food supply system, and the implications for food safety from farm-to-table. Adding to the challenge is a decentralized division of labor for ensuring a safe food supply among governmental agencies. The modern food supply system is a complex and diverse supply chain, including significant imports, science-based knowledge, and an engaged consumer. While potential benefits have been at least partially documented, the benefits of safer food are not without cost. Some of the costs will initially be borne by the agricultural sector. This collection of articles in Choices focuses on likely impacts on the agricultural sector due to implementation of the FSMA rules.

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  • Ribera, Luis A., 2016. "Theme Overview: Producer Impacts of the Food Safety Modernization Act," Choices: The Magazine of Food, Farm, and Resource Issues, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, vol. 31(1), pages 1-4, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:aaeach:232498
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.232498
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    1. Williams, Donnie F. & Falcone, Ellie & Fugate, Brian, 2021. "Farming down the drain: Unintended consequences of the Food Safety Modernization Act’s Produce Rule on small and very small farms," Business Horizons, Elsevier, vol. 64(3), pages 361-368.
    2. Adalja, Aaron & Lichtenberg, Erik, 2018. "Produce growers’ cost of complying with the Food Safety Modernization Act," Food Policy, Elsevier, vol. 74(C), pages 23-38.
    3. Todd M Schmit & Gretchen L Wall & Elizabeth J Newbold & Elizabeth A Bihn, 2020. "Assessing the costs and returns of on-farm food safety improvements: A survey of Good Agricultural Practices (GAPs) training participants," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 15(7), pages 1-18, July.
    4. Zahniser, Steven & Avendaño Ruíz, Belem & Astill, Gregory, 2023. "How Mexico’s Horticultural Export Sector Responded to the Food Safety Modernization Act," Economic Research Report 338954, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.

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