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).
On July 22 the Food and Drug Administration posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:
On July 19 the Food and Drug Administration posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:
On July 18 the Food and Drug Administration posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:
On July 16 the Food and Drug Administration posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:
On July 15 the Food and Drug Administration posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:
On July 11 the Food and Drug Administration posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:
The European Union is hailing the completion of a mutual recognition agreement -- in the works for five years -- that the Food and Drug Administration can rely on European inspections of their drugmakers, and vice versa. The July 11 press release framed it as one of the significant goals sought by EU President Jean-Paul Juncker and President Donald Trump when they declared in July 2018 an intention to work toward trade talks and regulatory harmonization.
On July 10 the Food and Drug Administration posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of: