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FSMA may be the most significant amendment of United States food law in history. The 1938 FD&C Act was broad in scope in amending the 1906 Pure Food and Drug Act. The 1958 Food Additive Amendment was detailed in its provisions. In comparison, the FSMA is both broader in scope than the 1938 Act and more detailed than the 1958 amendment.

FSMA shifts the focus of the U.S. FDA from primarily reacting to food safety problems to prevention. FSMA empowers the FDA to order recalls, implement new standards on domestic producers, and to place restrictions on importers of food to make sure that imports meet these new standards.