On April 5 the Food and Drug Administration posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:
On April 4 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 will grant three waivers from the requirements of its new sanitary transportation regulations for food set to take effect for many on April 6, it said (here). The agency will waive the rule’s requirements for (i) businesses with valid permits inspected under the National Conference on Interstate Milk Shipments’ Grade “A” Milk Safety Program (when transporting Grade “A” milk and milk products); (i) food establishments authorized by a regulator to engage as a receiver or shipper and carrier when the food is sold or served directly to consumers; and (iii) businesses transporting molluscan shellfish (such as oysters, clams, mussels or scallops) that are certified and inspected under the requirements established by the Interstate Shellfish Sanitation Conference’s (ISSC) National Shellfish Sanitation Program (NSSP). The sanitary transportation regulations, mandated by the Food Safety Modernization Act, require that shippers, carriers by motor vehicle or rail vehicle, receivers, and other persons engaged in the transportation of food to use sanitary transportation practices to ensure that food is not transported under conditions that may render the food adulterated (see 1604050023).
On April 3 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 seeks comments on a petition to repeal the color additive regulation that allows for the use of lead acetate in cosmetics intended for coloring hair on the scalp, it said (here). The petition was filed by several advocacy groups, including the Environmental Defense Fund, Earthjustice, the Environmental Working Group, Consumers Union and the Natural Resources Defense Council. Comments on the petition are due June 5.
On March 31 the Food and Drug Administration posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:
On March 30 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 March 29 that lists the status of recalls and field corrections for food, drugs, biologics and devices (here). The report covers both domestic and foreign firms.
As expected, the Food and Drug Administration will accept Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) numbers issued by Dun & Bradstreet as an acceptable unique identifier for the purposes of importer identification under the Foreign Supplier Verification Programs, it said in a guidance document (here). Importers will be required to implement FSVPs for each foreign food supplier subject to the FSVP regulations beginning on May 30, 2017. Compliance dates are staggered, depending on the type of food and size of the importer and supplier, through July 2020 (see 1602120038). Once compliance with FSVP requirements is required, the FSVP importer’s name, electronic mailing address, and unique facility identifier (e.g., DUNS number) must be filed for each line at time of entry, FDA has said (here).
On March 29 the Food and Drug Administration posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of: