Last 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…
On 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). …
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…
On Friday, February 5, 2016, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that it will be holding a public meeting on the import regulations issued to implement the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). The meeting will be held on Monday, March 21, 2016, from 8:30 am to 5:30 pm at the Wiley Auditorium at…