On July 31 and Aug. 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 set potential fiscal year 2020 fees for import reinspections, domestic and foreign facility reinspections, and recall activities performed by FDA if a firm fails to comply with a mandatory recall order, though it still isn't invoicing for services associated with the fees, it said in a notice. The agency set FY20 fees of $258/hour for domestic services involving travel and $301/hour if foreign travel is required. The fees are effective Oct. 1.

On July 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 is amending its color additive regulations to allow for the use of soy leghemoglobin to color ground beef analogue products, it said. The change was requested by Impossible Foods, Inc. The final rule takes effect Sept. 4.

On July 29 the Food and Drug Administration posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:

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

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

On July 24 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 July 24 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.

The Food and Drug Administration will set the fiscal year 2020 fee for its Voluntary Qualified Import Program at $16,681, it said in a July 24 notice. The fee, which is in line with previous agency estimates, is required from food importers to begin participation in the VQIP trusted trader program beginning Oct. 1, 2019, FDA said. The fee will remain in effect through Sept. 30, 2020, it said. Applications to participate in VQIP for FY20 – the program’s first year up and running – are currently due July 31 (See 1905160048).