FDA Sets VQIP Trusted Trader Program Fee for FY20

The Food and Drug Administration will set the fiscal year 2020 fee for its Voluntary Qualified Import Program at $16,681, it said in a July 24 notice. The fee, which is in line with previous agency estimates, is required from food importers to begin participation in the VQIP trusted trader program beginning Oct. 1, 2019, FDA said. The fee will remain in effect through Sept. 30, 2020, it said. Applications to participate in VQIP for FY20 – the program’s first year up and running – are currently due July 31 (See 1905160048).