The seafood and juice industry largely sat on the sidelines while FDA worked with the rest of the food industry to develop the recently finalized Hazard Analysis, Risk-based Preventive Controls (alternatively known as HARPC, Preventive Controls Rule, or PC Rule). This...
FDA plans to publish the final rule for the Foreign Supplier Verification Program (FSVP) on October 31, 2015 under the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). This rule will require U.S. food importers to adopt an FSVP, verifying that the foods they import are safe and...
Yesterday, September 10, 2015, FDA released the final rules for Preventive Controls on human and animal foods. This regulation has been a long time in coming, and will drastically change the landscape of food regulations for both domestic and foreign food facilities....
This week the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) was required to submit the final rule for the Hazard Analysis and Risk-Based Preventive Controls (HARPC) for publication in the Federal Register. According to FDA, this was completed on August 31, but curiously FDA has...
UPDATE 07-07-2017: The next compliance date is in March 2018. Importers should spend this time developing the programs as it takes time to work with Foreign Suppliers to build a robust FSVP program. A recent report in Peru indicated that the regulatory system which is...
For the fourth consecutive year, FDAImports.com has been featured at the China Fisheries and Seafood Expo. This year the show was held November 5 to 7, 2014 in Qingdao, with Benjamin England, Rick Quinn, Shelly Li, and Ge Song in attendance. “We were very fortunate to...
The FDAImports.com and ExportToUsa.com.cn consultants are exhibiting again at the 2014 19th China Fisheries & Seafood Expo at the Qingdao International Convention Center, from November 5-7. “One focus for us this year will be the transfer of authority on catfish...
FDAImports.com recently obtained removal for a manufacturer from Import Alert 66-41 (automatic detention of unapproved new drugs promoted in the U.S.). Under this Import Alert FDA detains all products it deems “unapproved new drugs” – even if they’re merely cosmetics...
Last month, FDA issued a new Draft Guidance, requiring the labels of honey products to declare sweeteners in the statement of identity. This sounds ridiculous. Consumers have accepted that honey marketers routinely mix honey and sweeteners – for example, sugar or corn...
FDAImports.com and ExportToUsa.com.cn attended the Boston Seafood Show this year on Mar.16-18. The team took the opportunity to speak with seafood producers from around the world, who think 2014 will be a harvest year. US importers at the show expressed the desire...
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