FDA Import Exams Down in FY 2012, Says Agency Report
The Food and Drug Administration physically examined 1.9 percent of food and feed import lines in fiscal year 2012, said the agency in its 2013 Annual Report on Food Facilities, Food Imports, and FDA Foreign Offices. That’s down from 2.3…
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percent in FY 2011, and 2.1 percent in FY 2010, according to past versions of the report, which is required by the Food Safety Modernization Act. The total number of physically examined food and feed import lines, including through field exams and sampling, stood at 207,839 in FY 2012, well down from a total of 243,400 in FY 2011 and only slightly higher than the FY 2010 total of 206,723, even as the total number of food import lines rose from 9,974,948 in FY 2010 to 11,136,599 in FY 2012. According to FDA, the average cost of physical inspection is about $160 per field exam and about $3,100 per sample analyzed.