On Monday, July 10, Dr. Steven Ostroff, Deputy Commissioner for Foods and Veterinary Medicine of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) provided an update and more details on the food safety systems recognition effort the United States is currently working on with the European Commission. Ostroff provided the update at the International Association of…
DetailsOn June 6, 2017, FDA announced it was extending the compliance dates for the agricultural water standards within the Produce Safety Rule[1] for produce other than sprouts. The Produce Safety Rule was issued to implement the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). Compliance had been required for the water standards as early as January 2020. Please…
DetailsOn May 30, 2017, compliance begins for the Foreign Supplier Verification Program (FSVP) Rule. This rule imposes sweeping new changes on food importers and requires review and assessment of the food safety practices of foreign suppliers and their compliance history. Foreign suppliers must be approved pursuant to a written program before sourcing. The rule also…
DetailsOn May 30, 2017, compliance begins for the Foreign Supplier Verification Program (FSVP) Rule. This rule imposes sweeping new changes on food importers and requires review and assessment of the food safety practices of foreign suppliers and their compliance history. U.S. Food Imports LLC (USFI) has received a number of questions relating to which food…
DetailsOn May 30, 2017, compliance begins for the Foreign Supplier Verification Program (FSVP) Rule. This rule imposes sweeping new changes on food importers and requires review and assessment of the food safety practices of foreign suppliers and their compliance history. Foreign suppliers must be approved pursuant to a written program before sourcing. The rule also…
DetailsThe International Food Protection Institute (IFPTI) will be holding training for industry and regulators for the Food Safety Modernization Act’s (FSMA) Foreign Supplier Verification Program (FSVP) regulation March 14-15. The course will be held at the St. Petersburg, Florida offices of U.S. Food Imports. The FSVP regulation requires compliance activities to be performed by qualified…
DetailsOn January 13, FDA announced it will be holding a hearing on public partnerships to enhance the safety of imported foods. This meeting will cover issues relevant to the Foreign Supplier Verification Program Rule. The meeting will be held at CFSAN in College Park, MD on February 14-15 from 9 am to 5 pm. More…
DetailsLast night (12/21/2016) the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) provided a second chance at registration renewal for food facilities who failed to secure a confirmation from the U.S. agent listed on the registration. The agency has not yet announced this publicly. Tomorrow the agency will be releasing revised guidance on food facility registration but…
DetailsOn Friday, November 29, 2016, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published in the Federal Register a final rule entitled “Submission of Food and Drug Administration Import Data in the Automated Commercial Environment”(“Final Rule”). The Final Rule establishes requirements for the electronic filing of entries of FDA-regulated products in the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE). …
DetailsOn November 23, 2016, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that January 1, 2020 will be the uniform compliance date for food labeling regulations that are issued in calendar years 2017 and 2018. This action does not change existing requirements for compliance dates contained in final rules published before January 1, 2017. The…
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