FDA Allows More Time for Food Importers to Submit VQIP Applications
The Food and Drug Administration is extending until July 31 the period for submitting applications to participate in the Voluntary Qualified Importer Program for fiscal year 2020, it said in a constituent update. The deadline had previously been May 31…
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(see 1805300043). To participate, food importers must have their suppliers certified by bodies approved under FDA’s Accredited Third Party Certification Program. In return, participants will receive benefits including expedited entry, limited examination and sampling, FDA sampling at the importer’s preferred location and faster lab results, and access to a special “help desk,” FDA has said. This first year of the VQIP trusted trader program begins Oct. 1.