Source: Dan Flynn, FOOD SAFETY NEWS, 4/9/18


Eight years after the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) was passed by Congress, the Tester-Hagan amendment is coming into focus. It is a loophole that keeps on growing for an exemption that may never quit. Named for Sen. Jon Tester, D-MT, and Sen. Kay Hagan, D-NC, the amendment was a late concession obtained by the two freshmen lawmakers just before the FSMA passed in 2010. Its purpose was to exempt small producers serving only local markets from all the preventive food safety standards that the Food and Drug Administration would be imposing.

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