Beginning July 24, 2022, consistent with 21 CFR 1.509(a), food importers will be required to ensure that their valid, 9-digit DUNS number is provided in the Entity Number field. As an Importer, what does this mean for you and your operation? Simply...
Food Safety Modernization Act
Consequences of FSVP Non-Compliance…
Did you know that your imported entry of food can be refused admission into the United States if it appears that you failed to comply with the requirements of the Foreign Supplier Verification Program (FSVP)? Over the course of the last five years, FDA’s mantra has...
FSVP – Five Years After Roll Out, Importers Receive A Failing Grade
It has been nearly five years since FDA began inspections under the Food Safety Modernization Act’s (FSMA) Foreign Supplier Verification Program (FSVP) regulations. Based on inspectional data from FDA’s Data/Compliance Dashboard for the last three years (2019-2022...
US Senator Requests Immediate Action on Food Safety Efforts from FDA Commissioner
Chairperson of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), recently sent a letter to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner, Robert Califf, insisting on action following a report from Politico...
FSVP Records Submission to FDA Now has a Portal on FURLS to Streamline Process
The Foreign Supplier Verification Program for Food Importers (FSVP) is one of the most significant Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) provisions and greatly impacted the food industry. On May 10, 2021, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) opened a specific “FSVP...
Now is the Time to Reevaluate Your Foreign Supplier Verification Program
As an importer, once you have completed Foreign Supplier Verification Programs (FSVP) for each of your food items from your foreign suppliers, you can file away your documents until a time when the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) requests to conduct an inspection...
FDA Issues First Warning Letter for Failure to Comply with FSVP
FDA issued their first Warning Letter to an importer for not complying with the Foreign Supplier Verification Program (FSVP) that was introduced 8 years ago with the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). For this first Warning Letter, FDA selected a food importer that...
Coming Soon: FSVP Enforcement?
Last week the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) took a critical step towards enforcement of FSVP by creating Import Alert 99-41, "Detention Without Physical Examination of Human and Animal Foods Imported from Foreign Suppliers by Importers Who Are Not in Compliance...
FSVP Enforcement Expected to Accelerate
It’s been eight years since the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) was signed into law. With that, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) started issuing new regulations designed to strengthen the food safety system. At the same time, they took the “educate...
FDA Flexing its Muscles on Food Recalls
U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) recently issued a report that reviewed the steps FDA takes when removing seafood products from import alert. Although FDA intends to conduct a certain amount of sampling or inspections as part of their decision to remove a...