On March 20 the Food and Drug Administration posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:
On March 14 the Food and Drug Administration posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:
On March 19 the Food and Drug Administration posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:
On March 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and Drug Administration will hold a public meeting April 17 in College Park, Maryland, to discuss its newly updated draft guidance document on mitigation strategies to protect food against intentional adulteration. Once finalized, the guidance will assist in compliance with regulations issued in 2016 requiring food facilities to implement defense measures against acts of terrorism (see 1605260013). The updated guidance now addresses education and training, and the updated version also has new sections of the existing chapter on vulnerability assessments on evaluation, identifying vulnerabilities and identifying actionable process steps (see 1903060020).
On March 14 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 will give farms more time to comply with agricultural water requirements set by its produce safety regulations, FDA said in a final rule. Farms, other than sprout growing operations, will now have until Jan. 26, 2024, if they are a very small business under the produce safety rule; Jan. 26, 2023, if they are a small business; and Jan. 26, 2022, for all other businesses. The compliance dates for sprouts are unchanged, and have all passed. The extension also results in the alignment of all agricultural water compliance deadlines under subpart E of the produce safety rule so that they all fall on the same date, with some original deadlines extended by two years and others by four. Importers must verify their suppliers of covered produce comply with the produce safety regulations as part of the Foreign Supplier Verification Program.
On March 13 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 intends to move up enforcement dates for new rules on e-cigarettes and flavored cigars in response to concerns about their use among minors, FDA said in a draft guidance issued March 13. Under the proposed policy, FDA would begin requiring pre-marketing approvals for certain e-cigarettes and flavored cigars before they are sold in the U.S., it said. The policy would take effect 30 days after the agency’s guidance is finalized. Comments on the policy are due April 15.
The Food and Drug Administration issued its weekly Enforcement Report for March 13 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.