Shrimp Added to NOAA/NMFS’s Seafood Traceability Program
Update: 4/25/2018 We previously reported that the Consolidated Appropriations Act 2018 (commonly called the omnibus spending bill), which was signed into law by President Trump on March 23rd, 2018, lifted the stay on inclusion of shrimp in the Seafood Import...
How to Count Your Employees for FSVP Compliance: FDA Issues Draft Guidance
Today, March 19, 2018, is when Foreign Supplier Verification Program (FSVP) regulations apply to all imported food shipments from foreign suppliers having less than 500 Full Time Equivalent employees (FTEs) except for food that is imported from a foreign supplier that...
FSVP Enforcement Countdown: Are you Ready?
What will happen starting March 19, 2018? Starting March 19, all imported human food shipments from foreign suppliers having less than 500 Full Time Equivalent employees (FTEs) will be subject to FSVP declaration during...
NOAA/NMFS and the Seafood Traceability Program: Enforcement for Shrimp? Full enforcement?
The National Oceanographic & Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) has been utilizing its Seafood Import Monitoring Program (SIMP) to require importers of certain seafood...
FDA Issued Warning Letters to Foreign Suppliers without Facility Inspection
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has taken a new and unnerving approach to directing warnings to foreign seafood processors even though the Agency has not inspected the foreign facility. Recently, FDA issued warning letters to three...
FDA’s Enforcement of FSVP: Where is Your Plan?
UPDATE 03/29/2018: FDA has committed to well over 1,000 FSVP inspections this year, so the likelihood one will be at your office has increased significantly. The reach of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA)...
FDAImports.com and 3iVerify – a winning combination for FSMA compliance
FDAImports.com has signed a Strategic Partner agreement with Primority Limited and is adopting Primority’s award-winning cloud-based and account-managed compliance solution, 3iVerify, to support FDAImports.com’s regulatory services and make it even easier for their...
USDA and FDA Announce Move to Increase Cooperation
A formal agreement between the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) was announced on January 30, 2018 to increase coordination and cooperation between the two federal agencies. The agreement focuses on interagency...
FSIS DIRECTIVE WILL SUBSTANTIALLY AFFECT CATFISH TRADE IN 2018
The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) of the United States Department of Agriculture’s Directive 7120.1 will result, we expect, in a negative impact on trade at least related to the importation of catfish. FSIS’s 126-page directive is entitled the “Safe and...
VQIP Participation Delayed by FDA
UPDATE 01-31-2018 : Today FDA announced the first accredited body, ANSI-ASQ National Accreditation Board (ANAB), under the Accredited Third-Party Certification program. VQIP applications are now being accepted by the...