In 2012 FDAImports represented a Chinese primary vegetable protein processor to obtain the first Green Ticket from the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) Import Alert (IA) #99-29. Since then, multiple other Chinese vegetable protein processors have obtained a Green...
The Foreign Supplier Verification Program for Food Importers (FSVP) is one of the most significant Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) provisions and greatly impacted the food industry. On May 10, 2021, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) opened a specific “FSVP...
On March 29, 2021, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) updated and republished Import Alert 54-15, which allows for the detention without physical examination of dietary supplements containing Mitragyna Speciosa, otherwise known as Kratom. Kratom is a botanical...
Update 04/27/2021 On April 23, President Biden signed the FASTER Act into law, requiring that all packaged food labels disclose sesame ingredients beginning January 1, 2023. Orignal Post 04/05/2021 Sesame is a common ingredient in many of the foods in the U.S.,...
As an importer, once you have completed Foreign Supplier Verification Programs (FSVP) for each of your food items from your foreign suppliers, you can file away your documents until a time when the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) requests to conduct an inspection...
Fee rates for OTC monograph drug facilities set by FDA.
UPDATE on Dec 30, 2020: FDA publishes new OTC drug user fees, read more here. Original Post Sept 9, 2020: On March 27, 2020, the President signed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) to aid response efforts and ease the economic impact of...
UPDATE 12/30/2020: FDA publishes new OTC drug user fees, read more here. Original Post 08/27/2020: FDA has officially announced the updated drug and medical device fees for the 2021 fiscal year (October 1, 2020 – September 30, 2021). This includes fees associated with...
The Emergency Use Authorization (EUA), together with the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) guidance on COVID-19-related enforcement discretion, were put in place so medical product manufacturers, importers, and distributors can bring certain devices and OTC drugs...
Update 06/10/2020 On June 6, 2020, the FDA made several changes to EUAs for certain N95 respirators and Non-NIOSH-Approved Disposable Filtering Facepiece Respirators. FDA issued EUAs for products used to decontaminate certain N95 respirators for multiple-user reuse by...
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