Importers will have to be even more wary of import alerts once the Foreign Supplier Verification Program takes effect in May 2017, according to Domenic Veneziano, an independent consultant representing EAS Consulting. Import alerts associated with FSVP could lose business for importers when their suppliers, still able to get their products in, turn elsewhere, while import alerts issued on suppliers could raise FDA scrutiny on importers, Veneziano said, speaking at the Food and Drug Law Institute Enforcement, Litigation and Compliance Conference on Dec. 7 in Washington.
On Dec. 6 the Food and Drug Administration posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:
On Dec. 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 is announcing (here) the release of a final guidance document (here) on accreditation standards under its third-party certification program. The guidance, along with an upcoming final rule setting user fees under the program, is one of the last steps before third-party certifications can begin, FDA has said (see 1511230022). Importers participating in the Voluntary Qualified Importer Program will have to import food from foreign facilities certified under the third-party certification program to receive benefits (see 1611100028), and FDA has also said it envisions third-party certifiers will help importers comply with the Foreign Supplier Verification Program (see 1511190058).
On Dec. 2-3 the Food and Drug Administration posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:
On Nov. 30 the Food and Drug Administration posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:
On Nov. 29 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 is amending its regulations on food additives permitted in feed and drinking water of animals to allow the use of guanidinoacetic acid as a substance that spares arginine and serves as a precursor of creatine in broiler chicken and turkey feeds, it said (here). The final rule takes effect Nov. 30.
On Nov. 23 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 Nov. 23 that lists the status of recalls and field corrections for food, drugs, biologics and devices (here). The report covers both domestic and foreign firms.