Webinar on FSMA Food Facility Registration Final Rule and ACE Rule 7/27

On July 14, 2016, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration published in the Federal Register the final rule on Amendments to Registration of Food Facilities (Final Rule).  The Final Rule was issued to implement section 102 of the Food Safety Modernization Act and makes many significant changes to the food facility registration process.  The Final…

FDA Announces Recognition of Canadian Food Safety System

On May 4, 2016, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced that it had recognized Canada’s food safety system as being comparable to that of the U.S.  This has very significant implications for importers of Canadian products.  These implications are discussed in this USFI regulatory alert.  Foods not intended for further processing that are imported…

Lieberman Named to FDA FSMA Committee

U.S. Food Imports LLC (USFI) is pleased to announce that USFI President, Erik Lieberman, has been named to the Food Safety Preventive Controls Alliance (FSPCA) International Subcommittee.   The FSPCA is a public-private partnership created by the U. S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and the Illinois Institute of Technology’s Institute for Food Safety and Health…

Food Facility Registration Webinar Replay

On 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…

FDA Releases Proposed Food Facility Registration Rule

Significant 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…