Erik Lieberman, president of U.S. Food Imports LLC appeared on FDA’s “Voices of FSMA” video released June 26, 2015. The video was taken at the Agency’s public meeting on implementation of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) April 23-24 and contains great commentary from many stakeholders. FSMA is the most sweeping change to U.S. food law…
DetailsThe 2013 Grade “A” Pasteurized Milk Ordinance (PMO) has not been readily available online. This is the most recent version of the Grade “A” PMO to date. The Grade “A” PMO is the model regulation for the United States governing the processing, packaging, and sale of Grade “A” milk and milk products, including buttermilk and buttermilk products,…
DetailsOn May 21, 2015, Erik Lieberman, President of U.S. Food Imports LLC hosted a webinar on the new food facility registration requirements proposed by FDA. On April 9, FDA published a proposed rule in the Federal register which implements provisions of FSMA that require food facility registration renewal and change the definition of retail food…
DetailsSignificant Changes to Registration Process in the Works On April 9, 2015, FDA published a proposed rule in the Federal Register (the “Proposed Rule”) to amend and update its existing regulation on registration of food facilities. The Proposed Rule would implement provisions of FSMA that require food facility reregistration and changes to the definition…
DetailsOn March 26, 2015, Erik Lieberman, President of U.S. Food Imports LLC, gave a presentation at Ka pasesi 2015, an international agriculture conference in Kaunas, Lithuania, entitled “Key Issues for Food Exporters to the United States.” Lieberman reviewed key U.S. Department of Agriculture and U.S. Food and Drug Administration regulatory requirements among other things. The slides may…
DetailsOn March 4, 2015, the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) announced that it was withdrawing its proposed rule relating to the importation and interstate movement of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and will be crafting an alternative regulatory regime. They will holding a series of webinars in upcoming months on the issue. Information on the webinars…
DetailsThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced that they will be holding a national meeting regarding the beginning of their implementation of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). The meeting will be held in Washington, DC, from April 23-24, 2015. More details on the meeting may be found here. Please contact Erik Lieberman…
DetailsOn February 12, 2015, the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) released guidance to help importers of record, customs brokers, and Official Import Inspection Establishment management understand and comply with the prior notification requirements. The guidance also explains regulatory actions taken when products fail to present (FTP) for…
DetailsOn February 3, 2015, the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) issued a notice to inspection program personnel (IPP) to make them aware of the Agricultural Marketing Service’s (AMS) final rule on Country of Origin Labeling (COOL) published in the Federal Register on May 24, 2013, which requires…
DetailsOn December 1, 2014, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published a final regulation in the Federal Register requiring businesses who own or operate 20 or more vending machines to provide calorie declarations for certain foods sold from the vending machines. Calorie declarations must be clear and conspicuous and be on the machine itself…
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