- On May 14, 2020, the Hon. Ronald A. White, a federal judge in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, issued a Temporary Restraining Order (“TRO”)
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FDA and CDC Collaborate to Develop a Process that Would Govern How to Return to On-site Facility Surveillance Inspections
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- On May 11, 2020, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) provided an update in regard to the agency’s surveillance inspections during the COVID-19 pandemic. In its update, FDA stated
FDA Resumes Records Review Under the FSVP Rule by Remote Inspections Instead of Onsite Visits to Importers
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- The Food Safety Modernization Act’s (FSMA) Foreign Supplier Verification Program (FSVP) requires importers to perform certain risk-based activities to verify that their foreign supplier is producing food in accordance with
FDA Provides Temporary Flexibility to Chain Restaurants and Similar Retail Food Establishments in Response to COVID-19
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- In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, on April 1, 2020, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued guidance to chain restaurants and similar retail food establishments that sell standard menu
Critical Infrastructure Worker Guidance Identifies Food & Agriculture Workers Broadly
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- The federal government has taken a supporting role as state and local governments and private companies institute an evolving patchwork of responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. On March 19, 2020,
FDA Scales Back Domestic Inspections in Response to the Coronavirus Pandemic
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- On March 18, 2020, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that it has temporarily postponed all domestic routine surveillance facility inspections, which include facility inspections that the FDA
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Consumer Brands Association Urges U.S. Government to Prevent Global Export Restrictions on Materials Needed to Treat and Prevent the Coronavirus
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- On March 16, 2020, the Consumer Brands Association (CBA) submitted a letter to the U.S. State Department and the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative asking for an increase in
FDA Will Postpone Most Foreign Inspections Through April 2020 in Response to the Ongoing Spread of the Coronavirus
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- The ongoing spread of the novel coronavirus has prompted the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to postpone most foreign inspections of manufacturing facilities. On March 10, 2020, the FDA
FDA and FTC Issue Warning Letters to Companies Selling Fraudulent Products to Treat or Prevent COVID-19
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- The FDA and FTC issued joint warning letters to seven companies for selling fraudulent COVID-19 (Novel Coronavirus Disease 2019) products. The warning letters were sent to Vital Silver, Quinessence Aromatherapy
Impact of Coronavirus (COVID-19) on Business in China
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- The coronavirus (COVID-19) is having global public health implications and its economic impact cannot be underestimated. The full extent will not be known until many months, or even years, down
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