Abel Womack Manufacturing & Warehouse Distribution

Manufacturing & Warehouse Distribution equipment, service, rentals & support from Abel Womack, Raymond forklift NE Distributor

  • Online Catalogs
  • Contact
  • Locations
  • Customer Login
  • Cleanrooms & Controlled Environments
  • FANUC Industrial Robots
  • Automated Storage and Retrieval Warehouse Systems
  • Manufacturing Solutions
  • Modular Building Systems
  • Raymond Forklifts
  • Mobile Storage Systems
  • About Us
    • Careers
    • Customer Service Policy
    • Customer Testimonials
    • Discover the Difference
    • Our Locations
    • Management Staff
    • Raymond Solutions & Support Center
  • Forklifts
    • Used Forklifts and Equipment
    • Forklift Rentals and Leases
    • J1-TSV Task Support Vehicle
    • Raymond Basics
    • Power Solutions
  • Parts & Service
    • Equipment Maintenance & Repair
    • Forklift & Conveyor Parts
    • Forklift Safety Training
    • Shop Warehouse Products
    • Tennant Sweepers and Tennant Scrubbers
  • Optimization
    • Fleet and Warehouse Management Solutions
    • Labor Management
    • Asset & Maintenance Management
    • Operator Assist Technologies
    • Real Time Location Systems
  • Integrated Systems Solutions
    • Automated Guided Vehicles (AGV)
    • Automated Storage & Retrieval Systems
    • Conveyor Systems and Sortation
    • Deep Lane High Density Pallet Storage
    • Pallet Racking and Shelving
    • Mobile Storage Systems
    • Industrial Robots
    • Warehouse Automation and Software
    • Indoor Vertical Growing
    • Modular Building Systems
    • Cleanrooms and Controlled Environments
  • Engineering
    • Automated and Robotic Simulation
    • Facility Design and Layout
    • Project Management
  • Information
    • Blog
    • Case Studies
    • Industry Solutions
    • Material Handling News
    • Videos
You are here: Home / News / Warehouse News / Food Safety Modernization Act calls for changes in operations for food shippers and carriers

Food Safety Modernization Act calls for changes in operations for food shippers and carriers

View original at www.logisticsmgmt.com

State of Logistics 2016: Pursue mutual benefit Food Safety Modernization Act calls for changes in operations for food shippers and carriers Pack Expo East: Pharmaceutical growth continues to set technology pace Chamber emphasizes growth agenda, “modest increase” in fuel tax to spur infrastructure spending Port of Oakland set all-time record for loaded containers in 2016 More News In what can be viewed as a long time coming in some respects, freight transportation and logistics stakeholders involved in the transportation of food products will be working off of a new playbook in June. The coming changes stem from the United States Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) food safety rule, entitled the “Sanitary Transportation of Human and Animal Food” which was published in April 2016 and is part of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), which was signed into law in January 2011. The main objective of the food safety rule, according to the FDA is to “protect foods from farm to table by keeping them safe from contamination during transportation” and also “prevent practices during transportation that create food safety risks, such failure to properly refrigerate food, inadequate cleaning of vehicles between loads and failure to properly protect food. And it applies to shippers, receivers, loaders, and carriers transporting food in the United States by motor vehicle or rail. The “Sanitary Transportation of Human and Animal Food” rule takes effect for large businesses on June, 1, 2017, one year after the date of the final rule being published, and June 1, 2018 for small businesses, which the FDA defines as businesses other than motor carriers who are also not shippers and/or receivers with less than 500 people or motor carriers with less than $27.5 million in annual revenue. The rule incudes many requirements for these parties, especially shippers and carriers […]

Sue Boczenowski

About the Author

Sue Boczenowski is the Marketing Manager for Abel Womack.

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

You must be logged in to post a comment.

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

  • About Us
  • Industry Solutions
  • Blog
  • Products
  • Corporate News
  • Forklift News
  • Warehouse News
  • Contact
  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • YouTube
  • Linkedin
Raymond_ASASC_2020

Abel Womack - Discover the Difference - logo
1 International Way
Lawrence, MA 01843
800-554-2887

  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • YouTube
  • Linkedin
  • Home
  • About Us
  • Forklifts
  • Careers
  • Fleet Management Solutions
  • Professional Design & Engineering Services
  • Parts
  • Service
  • Forklift Training
  • Pre-Owned Forklifts
  • Forklift Rentals
  • Products
  • Contact Us
  • Sitemap
  • Privacy Policy

Offices In

Massachusetts
Connecticut
New York
Maine
New Hampshire
Rhode Island
Vermont

Copyright © 2021 · Abel Womack 2.0 on Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in