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

On June 25 the Food and Drug Administration posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:

On June 22 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The Food and Drug Administration recently issued a new draft guidance document to help food facilities comply with new regulations on the intentional adulteration of food. Issued under the Food Safety Modernization Act in 2016 (see 1605260013), the regulations require domestic and foreign food facilities to develop and implement plans to address the risk of intentional acts of terrorism. The rules, which begin taking effect in 2019, do not apply to transportation or farms covered by FDA’s produce safety rule. This first installment of FDA’s guidance “focuses on the components of the food defense plan; how to conduct vulnerability assessments using the key activity type method and how to identify and implement mitigation strategies and food defense monitoring requirements,” FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb said in a statement. Two future installments will cover risk assessments on facilities, training, recordkeeping and how to conduct corrective actions.

On June 20 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 June 20 that lists the status of recalls and field corrections for food, cosmetics, tobacco products, drugs, biologics and devices. The report covers both domestic and foreign firms.

On June 18 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The Food and Drug Administration recently issued a new draft guidance document to help animal food facilities comply with supply chain program requirements of animal food preventive controls rules that may in some cases apply to importers. Under the supply chain provisions, similar to requirements for human food facilities, facilities that manufacture or process ingredients from outside suppliers must use approved suppliers and appropriate supplier verification activities, including on-site audits and record reviews of their suppliers.

On June 15 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 posted a progress report on the FDA's Produce Safety Partnership with Mexico. The partnership began in 2014 and has resulted in joint efforts against imports of contaminated papayas from Mexico and exports of contaminated kiwi and apples grown in the U.S., among other things, FDA’s Deputy Commissioner for Foods and Veterinary Medicine Stephen Ostroff said in a blog post. "Over the next five years, the PSP will explore" identifying common approaches for auditors and inspectors and "creating a strategy to conduct joint inspections and a joint pilot on micro-sampling to improve surveillance, detection, and understanding of contamination and to improve decision making for response actions," it said.