The Food and Drug Administration will still hold its public meeting on the Foreign Supplier Verification Program and third-party auditor accreditation proposed rules in Long Beach, Calif., Oct. 22 and 23. The agency had to cancel a similar meeting Oct. 10-11 in Miami due to the federal government shutdown (see 13100803). FDA posted an agenda for the Long Beach meeting (here).
On Oct. 16 the Food and Drug Administration posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:
On Oct. 15 the Food and Drug Administration posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:
On Oct. 11 the Food and Drug Administration posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:
On Oct. 10 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 sent warning letters to device companies in Canada, China, and Japan, citing violations of current good manufacturing practice requirements at facilities owned by Batrik Medical (here), Anji Zhengbang Medical (here), and NIDEK (here), respectively. The letters, all sent between Sept. 19 and Sept. 24, gave each company 15 business days to fix the problems found during FDA inspections.
On Oct. 9 the Food and Drug Administration posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:
On Oct. 8 the Food and Drug Administration posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:
On Oct. 7 the Food and Drug Administration posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:
Food and Drug Administration Import Operations staff are continuing to perform their import review functions during the federal government shutdown, but the agency is working at reduced service levels for inspections and other activities, said United Parcel Service (UPS) Supply Chain Solutions in an update emailed Oct. 7. FDA is consolidating work at some FDA ports of entry during the shutdown. For example, FDA Alexandria Bay, N.Y. clearances will be handled by FDA Ogdensburg, N.Y., the update said.