On June 6 the Food and Drug Administration posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:

On June 5 the Food and Drug Administration posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:

The Food and Drug Administration intends to extend the deadline for compliance with agricultural water provisions of its produce safety regulations, it said (here). Under FDA’s November 2015 produce safety final rule (see 1511170024), all water on farms intended to contact the harvested portion of covered produce or food contact surfaces must be safe and sanitary, with requirements for inspection, maintenance, treatment and recordkeeping. The final rule set deadlines running from 2020 through 2022, depending on business size. “The FDA intends to use the extended time period to work with stakeholders as it considers the best approach to address their concerns while still protecting public health. The extended compliance dates will also give farms an opportunity to continue to review their practices, processes and procedures related to agricultural water and how it is used on their farms,” it said.

On June 2 the Food and Drug Administration posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:

The Food and Drug Administration recently posted to its website a fact sheet for food manufacturers and processors subject to both preventive controls and Foreign Supplier Verification Program regulations (here). Manufacturers and processors that use imported ingredients may also be importers covered by FSVP requirements, the agency said. These manufacturers and processors can be deemed in compliance with most FSVP requirements for food they import if they implement preventive controls for the hazards in the food or comply with preventive controls supply chain program requirements, FDA said. However, they will still need to provide at entry the data elements required by FSVP regulations, including a unique facility identifier in the form of a DUNS number for the FSVP importer. “Note that manufacturers/processors subject to the preventive controls requirements have a choice about whether they wish to comply with the supply-chain program requirements in the preventive controls regulations, or if they prefer to comply with supplier verification requirements under the FSVP rule,” FDA said.

On June 1 the Food and Drug Administration posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:

The Food and Drug Administration issued its weekly Enforcement Report for May 31 that lists the status of recalls and field corrections for food, drugs, biologics and devices (here). The report covers both domestic and foreign firms.

On May 31 the Food and Drug Administration posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:

On May 30 the Food and Drug Administration posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:

On May 26 the Food and Drug Administration posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of: