The Food and Drug Administration issued a draft guidance document May 17 outlining a proposed policy of enforcement discretion related to alternative names for a salt substitute. Under the proposed policy, FDA will not intervene when the term “potassium chloride salt” is used instead of potassium chloride on food labeling. FDA says the policy would promote the use of potassium chloride as a salt substitute, decreasing consumption of sodium and increasing consumption of under-consumed potassium. Comments on the draft policy are due July 19.
On May 16 the Food and Drug Administration posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:
On May 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 is extending until July 31 the period for submitting applications to participate in the Voluntary Qualified Importer Program for fiscal year 2020, it said in a constituent update. The deadline had previously been May 31 (see 1805300043). To participate, food importers must have their suppliers certified by bodies approved under FDA’s Accredited Third Party Certification Program. In return, participants will receive benefits including expedited entry, limited examination and sampling, FDA sampling at the importer’s preferred location and faster lab results, and access to a special “help desk,” FDA has said. This first year of the VQIP trusted trader program begins Oct. 1.
On May 13-14 the Food and Drug Administration posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:
On May 10 the Food and Drug Administration posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:
On May 9 the Food and Drug Administration posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:
On May 8 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 May 8 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 May 7 the Food and Drug Administration posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of: