Author: Caleb Wilson

BIGFORK, MONT. — The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will likely pay more attention to chemical risks, allergen thresholds and implementation of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) in 2024.A forecast for this year’s key regulatory trends comes from David Acheson, MD, founder of The Acheson Group and former associate commissioner for foods at the FDA.”I predict that we will see more focus on chemical hazards than we have historically,” Acheson said in an interview with Food Business Newsa sister publication of Pet Food Processing.He pointed to the FDA’s recent concerns about “extremely high” levels of lead found in…