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FDA Adds 6th Participant to VQIP Trusted Trader Program

FDA on Feb. 7 added a sixth company to its list of participants in its trusted trader program for food importers (see 2210260059), it said in an emailed statement. The agency listed LT Foods Americas as approved to participate in…

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the Voluntary Qualified Importer Program for the FY 2023 program period (i.e., Oct. 1, 2022, through Sept. 30, 2023). FDA said the application period is currently open until May 31, 2023, for participation in the FY 2024 benefit period that begins Oct. 1, 2023. Benefits for VQIP participants include “expedited review and importation of human and animal foods into the United States,” FDA said.