On Nov. 9 the Food and Drug Administration posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:

On Nov. 7 the Food and Drug Administration posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:

On Nov. 4-5 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 released a draft version of updated guidance on food facility registration procedures (here). The seventh edition of FDA’s questions and answers document includes updates related to a recent final rule amending registration requirements (see 1607130018), as well as answers to questions FDA has received since it issued its sixth edition of the guidance in 2014. Foreign and domestic food facilities are required to register with FDA or renew their registration every two years. The 2016 period for food facility registration began Oct. 1, and runs until Dec. 31. Comments on FDA’s guidance are due Feb. 6, FDA said (here).

On Nov. 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 issued its weekly Enforcement Report for Nov. 2 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. 2 the Food and Drug Administration posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:

On Nov. 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 recently published two small entity compliance guides to help small businesses comply with new Food Safety Modernization Act regulations on preventive controls for human food (here) and animal food (here). Foreign and domestic human food facilities have been required to comply with certain provisions of the human food rule since Sept. 19, and must comply with the animal food rule beginning in September 2017, though small businesses have an additional one to two years to comply, depending on size. Importers must generally begin verifying their suppliers' compliance with these rules about six months after a supplier is required to comply, though no earlier than May 2017.

On Oct. 31 the Food and Drug Administration posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of: