date:Oct 15, 2013
d the companys registration under the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA).
It was the first time in history that FDA used new authority granted to the agency under the FSMA, which had been signed into law 20 months earlier. No registration meant that Sunland had to shut down as its products could not be sold through interstate or intrastate commerce without it. The closure lasted almost six months.
At the time, FDA spokesmen said the action was taken because Sunland had a history of Salmonell