Food Industry Regulatory Update July 2, 2021

In this Week’s Edition: New USDA COOL Initiative Announced FDA Update on Shrimp Salmonella Outbreak New USDA Consumer Resources on Food Waste Reduction USDA Invests $55 Million to Increase Capacity and Expand Access in Meat and Poultry Inspection Operations AMS Revises Black-Eyed Beans Grade Standards FDA Releases Cyclospora Prevention, Response and Research Action Plan FDA…

Food Industry Regulatory Update June 25, 2021

Food Industry Regulatory Update June 25, 2021 In this Week’s Edition: FDA Reports on State Adoption Status of Retail Food Code USDA Releases Study on Hurdles to Healthy Eating on SNAP FDA Publishes Web Page on Reporting Illnesses from Natural Toxins in Seafood California Walnut Marketing Order Assessment Lowered AMS Removes Frozen Mangos from Marketing…

Food Industry Regulatory Update Week of 05/11/2020

Food Industry Regulatory Update: Week of 05/11/2020 In this week’s edition: First FDA Imports Alerts for FSVP Published FDA Releases COVID-19 Best Practices Checklist and Infographic for Reopening Retail Food Establishments FDA Continues to Postpone Routine Surveillance Inspections FDA Releases Guidance on Emergency PPE Policy for Pharmacy Compounders USDA Approves Pandemic EBT for NH, OH,…

Food Industry Regulatory Update Week of 03/16/2020

Food Industry Regulatory Update: Week of 03/16/2020 In this week’s edition: FDA Suspends Domestic Inspections FDA Temporarily Waives FSVP & Preventive Controls Onsite Audit Requirement National Marine Fisheries Service Expands Ban on Certain Mexican Seafood FSIS Publishes Notice on UK Raw Beef Imports FDA Publishes Final Rule on Tobacco Warning Labels; Final Guidance on Submission…

Food Industry Regulatory Update Week of 01/20/2020

FDA: Low FSVP Compliance Rates; California Walnuts, FSIS Poland Audit Report and More Food Industry Regulatory Update: Week of 01/20/2020 In this week’s edition: FDA: FSVP Compliance Rates Among Importers Low FSIS Releases Audit Report on Poland AMS Proposes to Stay Reserve Obligation for California Walnuts FSIS Updates List of Establishments from Uruguay and Ireland…

How to Determine Your FSVP Importer Liability

In recent weeks the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has significantly increased enforcement activity for Foreign Supplier Verification Program (FSVP) compliance. U.S. Food Imports LLC (USFI) has assisted a number of our clients with inspections over the past several weeks using our FSMA Cloud® and FDA Cloud® software applications (we note that all of…