Dive Summary:

• The FDA's Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) opened registration this week for food production companies.
• Registration was originally planned to begin on October 1st, however due to some last minute editing, the start date was pushed back.
• The biggest change from previous legislation is that everyone in the food industry must register by Dec. 31 this year, making FSMA more universal and widespread than previous initiatives.  

From the article:

"The original registration period was set to open on Oct. 1, but the Food and Drug Administration announced at the end of September the it was not ready to accept registrations at that time.  The guidance document governing the process was still in draft form and was under review at the Office of Management and Budget.  It has now been released in final form, with little if any modifications from the draft form."If it's updated it's mostly dates," Justin Prochnow, a Denver-based attorney with the firm Greenberg Traurig, told NutraIngredients-USA.A number of companies have already registered ..."