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.
On Nov. 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 issued a final rule to establish Jan. 1, 2020, as the uniform compliance date for food labeling regulations that are issued between Jan. 1, 2017, and Dec. 31, 2018 (here). FDA periodically announces uniform compliance dates for new food labeling requirements to minimize the economic impact of label changes, it said. "This action does not change existing requirements for compliance dates contained in final rules published before January 1, 2017," FDA said (here).