One food safety agency to rule them all? For decades the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) has called for a single federal agency to oversee food safety. And now President Trump, through the White House’s “Delivering...
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Today, March 19, 2018, is when Foreign Supplier Verification Program (FSVP) regulations apply to all imported food shipments from foreign suppliers having less than 500 Full Time Equivalent employees (FTEs) except for food that is imported from a foreign supplier that...
What will happen starting March 19, 2018? Starting March 19, all imported human food shipments from foreign suppliers having less than 500 Full Time Equivalent employees (FTEs) will be subject to FSVP declaration during...
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has taken a new and unnerving approach to directing warnings to foreign seafood processors even though the Agency has not inspected the foreign facility. Recently, FDA issued warning letters to three...
UPDATE 03/29/2018: FDA has committed to well over 1,000 FSVP inspections this year, so the likelihood one will be at your office has increased significantly. The reach of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA)...
A formal agreement between the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) was announced on January 30, 2018 to increase coordination and cooperation between the two federal agencies. The agreement focuses on interagency...
The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) of the United States Department of Agriculture’s Directive 7120.1 will result, we expect, in a negative impact on trade at least related to the importation of catfish. FSIS’s 126-page directive is entitled the “Safe and...
UPDATE 01-31-2018 : Today FDA announced the first accredited body, ANSI-ASQ National Accreditation Board (ANAB), under the Accredited Third-Party Certification program. VQIP applications are now being accepted by the...
FDA announced that it will exercise enforcement discretion for certain provisions of the Food Safety Modernization Act, effective January 4th, 2018, until FDA decides on further action for each of the...
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