From famous ad campaigns to research touting chocolate milk as an exercise recovery drink, it seems milk is ubiquitous in the US food landscape. As a processed animal product, milk is highly regulated; the staple product is regulated by both the United States Food and...
Over the years we’ve worked with hundreds of companies to get their facilities registered and their products listed so they can meet their obligations, during which, we’ve come across a lot of misconceptions about registration. Here are some of the primary issues we...
FDA is full-speed ahead with rolling out the Food Safety Modernization Act (commonly referred to as “FSMA”). With FSMA, FDA seeks to overhaul the U.S. regime for food safety – from a regime that reacted to safety outbreaks to one that seeks to preventive them. A key...
The U.S. relies heavily on imported food to meet our demand for international cuisine and fresh produce year round. In 2011 we reported that 20% of the food Americans eat each year is imported (How Much of U.S. Food Is Imported?). At that time FDA was just beginning...
UPDATE 01-29-2018 : The next compliance date is March 19, 2018 for most food importers (who purchase food from foreign suppliers with fewer than 500 FTEs) . FDA’s Foreign Supplier Verification Plan (FSVP) first implementation date was May 30, 2017, which had...
In an email to stakeholders on May 1st FDA alerted the “deemed” tobacco products industry that FDA intends to delay enforcement of all compliance deadlines concerning newly deemed tobacco products for 3 months. Though, this did not come through the usual FDA channels,...
This year the FDAImports.com Government panel at Seafood Expo North America in Boston was again well attended, well reviewed and full of lively dialogue about where the Food & Drug Administration and U.S. Customs & Border Protection are going with respect to...
UPDATE: Acceptable temporary Unique Facility Identifier FDA announced that FSVP Importers who do not yet have a DUNS number will be allowed to submit entries using "UNK" (unknown) following the May 30, 2017 compliance date. FDA is allowing this on a temporary basis...
Editor’s note: This blog by affiliated attorneys John Johnson and Schevon Salmon was originally published by greenlight.guru. “This is a what” is not only a torturous summer-camp game, but an essential question when working to bring a medical device to market. An...
It’s always time to think about your renewals, since state requirements do not follow a calendar year cycle for Animal Feed and Pet Food licenses and registrations. Even if you are new to the market, now is the time to get your registration in and your labels in...
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