{"id":1874,"date":"2015-08-31T08:00:24","date_gmt":"2015-08-31T08:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sanfranciscoemploymentattorneys.net\/?p=738"},"modified":"2015-08-31T08:00:24","modified_gmt":"2015-08-31T08:00:24","slug":"employee-rights-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.california-labor-law-attorney.com\/employee-rights-2\/","title":{"rendered":"How Does the Food Safety Modernization Act Protect Employees?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) imposes strict food safety standards and gives the FDA a high authority to regulate the amounts of tainted food. The act ensures workers can disclose food safety concerns without fear of reprisal by their employers. It was passed to help avoid food contamination, because employees working with food are in the best position to ensure standards are kept up. The act encourages employees to speak out when they see issues and ensures they will not be punished by their employers for doing so.<\/p>\n<p>FSMA applies to all workers engaging in any aspect of the food making and distribution. This includes the manufacture, processing, packing, transporting, holding, or importation of food.<\/p>\n<p>For an employee to win a FSMA case, they must\u00a0provide the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A protected activity<\/li>\n<li>An adverse employment action<\/li>\n<li>The protected activity caused the adverse action<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cProtected activity&#8221; is an action an employee can take and still be protected from retaliation by their employer under the law.<\/p>\n<p>The FSMA prohibits retaliation against any employee who has:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Provided or is about to provide information regarding\u00a0any violation<\/li>\n<li>Testified or is about to testify against a violation<\/li>\n<li>Assisted or participated\u00a0in such a proceeding<\/li>\n<li>Objected to, or refused to participate in, any activity or practice that the employee believed violates any provision of FSMA<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The complaint does not have to disclose an actual violation of a food safety law or regulation, but the employee must reasonably believe a violation has taken place. Some examples of protected conduct include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Reporting cheese is stored at the wrong temperature and more susceptible to spoiling or having harmful bacteria<\/li>\n<li>Reporting additives harmful to infants have been added into baby formula<\/li>\n<li>Reporting food is being stored in a facility infested with flies and rodents<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you, or someone you know, are facing legal issues in the workplace United Employees Law Group has the answers. Call Today for your free and confidential case review. Please feel free to CONTACT US with any questions about this blog or your exact situation.<\/p>\n<p>Courtesy of Workplace Fairness. For more information regarding the article, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.workplacefairness.org\/food-safety-whistleblowers#1\">http:\/\/www.workplacefairness.org\/food-safety-whistleblowers#1<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) imposes strict food safety standards and gives the FDA a high authority to regulate [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1874","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-employee-rights"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Food Safety Modernization Act- Protects Employees<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"If you work in an aspect related to food, you should know how the Food Safety Modernization Act can protect your rights against retaliation.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.california-labor-law-attorney.com\/employee-rights-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Food Safety Modernization Act- Protects Employees\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"If you work in an aspect related to food, you should know how the Food Safety Modernization Act can protect your rights against retaliation.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.california-labor-law-attorney.com\/employee-rights-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"UELG\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2015-08-31T08:00:24+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Mike Radvak\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Mike Radvak\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.california-labor-law-attorney.com\/employee-rights-2\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.california-labor-law-attorney.com\/employee-rights-2\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Mike Radvak\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.california-labor-law-attorney.com\/#\/schema\/person\/19066d78fc88f07c0040342b550b0b2f\"},\"headline\":\"How Does the Food Safety Modernization Act Protect Employees?\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-08-31T08:00:24+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2015-08-31T08:00:24+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.california-labor-law-attorney.com\/employee-rights-2\/\"},\"wordCount\":364,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.california-labor-law-attorney.com\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"Employee Rights\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.california-labor-law-attorney.com\/employee-rights-2\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.california-labor-law-attorney.com\/employee-rights-2\/\",\"name\":\"Food Safety Modernization Act- Protects Employees\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.california-labor-law-attorney.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2015-08-31T08:00:24+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2015-08-31T08:00:24+00:00\",\"description\":\"If you work in an aspect related to food, you should know how the Food Safety Modernization Act can protect your rights against retaliation.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.california-labor-law-attorney.com\/employee-rights-2\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.california-labor-law-attorney.com\/employee-rights-2\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.california-labor-law-attorney.com\/employee-rights-2\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.california-labor-law-attorney.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"How Does the Food Safety Modernization Act Protect Employees?\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.california-labor-law-attorney.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.california-labor-law-attorney.com\/\",\"name\":\"California labor law attorney - 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