FDA Updates Drug Reporting Requirements
On February 5, 2024, FDA issued a final guidance regarding reporting by drug establishments for listed drug and biological products manufactured, prepared, propagated, compounded, or processed for commercial distribution. The upshot is that drugs listed with FDA must...
New FDA Draft Guidance Impacts Seafood Importers and Processors
On February 9, 2024, FDA issued “Recommendations for Collecting Representative Samples for Food Testing Used as Evidence for Release of Certain Fish and Fishery Products Subject to Detention Without Physical Examination (DWPE) and Removal of a Foreign Manufacturer’s...
New Pet Food Regulations from AAFCO
The Association of American Feed Control Officials (AAFCO) recently developed new Model Regulations for Pet Food and Specialty Pet Food. AAFCO model rules are used by most states as part of their charge to regulate the manufacture, sale, and distribution of animal...
Registration Season is Coming! FDA has announced the Medical Device User Fees for Fiscal Year 2024
FDA recently announced the updated medical device fees for the 2024 fiscal year (October 1, 2023 – September 30, 2024). All medical device manufacturers, importers, and distributors must pay an annual establishment registration fee to FDA. Please do not wait until the...
FDA Registration Renewal Season Opens Oct 1, 2023
Between October 1 and December 31, Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-registered facilities must renew their registrations. Our team has handled registration renewals for thousands of facilities. Here are some things you need to know to ensure your renewal is...
FDA Cancels Food Facility Registrations for Failure to Comply with UFI Requirement by Final Deadline
During the 2020 biennial renewal period, FDA began requiring food facilities to include a unique facility identifier (UFI) on their registration. The required UFI must be a DUNS number obtained through third-party company Dun & Bradstreet. FDA extended this due...
Cosmetic Regulation (Finally) Modernized…at Least in the Coming Years
After several decades, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will soon be required to update its regulation of cosmetic products following the amendment to Chapter VI of the federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FDCA) as a part of the “Modernization of Cosmetics...
Seafood HACCP Implementation for Foreign Suppliers
The Food & Drug Administration’s (FDA) Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) principles and practices started as a joint project between NASA and Pillsbury in the 1960s. The goal of HACCP was to ensure safe food for NASA’s astronaut program. Since...
Congress Reauthorizes Collection of User Fees for 2023
UPDATE:Breaking News: The Medical Device User Fees have just been announced for FY2023. The Annual Establishment Registration Fee is $6,493. Other fees are now listed and can be found...
FDA Announced Final UDI Compliance Dates for Class I & Unclassified Medical Devices
Over the past several years, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has been phasing in requirements for Unique Device Identifiers (UDI) to be displayed on various classes of medical devices. The UDI system identifies medical devices sold in the United States and is...