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. Importers, get ready: in May 2017, FDA will start enforcing its final...
In April 2015, we commented on how FDA cancelled Import Alert 16-08 (Detention without Physical Examination of Swordfish for Methyl Mercury). This alert instructed FDA to automatically detain all swordfish imports unless the manufacturer was on FDA’s Green List....
Recently, Congress made a new move to nullify the USDA rule published in December 2015 to establish a catfish inspection program under USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS). On May 25, 2016, the Senate passed a joint resolution to disapprove USDA’s...
As we’ve reported previously, the transition to U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)’s regulation of catfish imports was briefly delayed. However, jurisdiction for catfish imports has been moved from FDA to USDA effective April 15, 2016. On that same day FDA removed...
As a popular soup ingredient, dried fish is frequently imported to the United States – usually not eviscerated. Import Alert 16-74 is an Alert specifically focused on uneviscerated fish: the Alert instructs FDA’s compliance officers to detain (and ultimately refuse,...
On Monday, April 18th, FDA published a new countrywide import alert (16-136) subjecting all aquaculture shrimp and prawns “from processors from Peninsular Malaysia” to FDA automatic detention (or detention without physical examination), alleging that all such product...
Recently, an importer sought help from our firm because FDA refused its shipment of an herbal supplement after FDA tested the product and alleged that the amount of a certain nutrient in the product was significantly lower than the amount declared on its Supplement...
In late 2015 the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) issued the final rule for transferring jurisdiction for catfish from FDA to USDA. Given the burden of the new regime, the Final Rule includes an 18-month transitional period. USDA had planned to begin the...
Part 1 of this series discussed the first step of compliance with the Foreign Supplier Verification Program regulations: determining who needed an FSVP. In this blog, we will discuss identifying the key parties in FSVP: the “foreign supplier” and the “importer.” These...
FDA issued the final rule for the Foreign Supplier Verification Program (FSVP) last week. This final rule is the first step in implementing the Food Safety Modernization Act’s (FSMA’s) mandate that U.S. importers verify their foreign manufacturers’ compliance with...
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