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)...
FDAImports.com has signed a Strategic Partner agreement with Primority Limited and is adopting Primority’s award-winning cloud-based and account-managed compliance solution, 3iVerify, to support FDAImports.com’s regulatory services and make it even easier for their...
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...
Globalization has brought U.S. consumers access to foods from around the world to satisfy any need or want, and as we’ve reported, food imports continue to surge. Increasing globalization has resulted in frameshifts in food production, including a transition from food...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has two roles related to its food jurisdiction: (1) ensure food safety and (2) protect against consumer fraud or deception. Over FDA’s 110-year history, the Agency’s focus has oscillated between these two areas. Since the early...
FDA has begun inspecting U.S. food importers for their compliance with the Foreign Supplier Verification Program (FSVP). The FSVP regulation has a staggered compliance date between May 30, 2017 through July 27, 2020 (depending on the food type and the foreign...
Healthy is a word that we use every day, but when we use it in terms of food labeling, the word takes on a more important and controversial meaning. In 2015, the FDA issued a warning letter to the KIND company stating that the use of the motto “healthy and tasty” on...
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...
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