- FDA’s Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN) and Office of Food Policy and Response (OFPR) routinely publish a list of possible new topics for guidance documents or revisions
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Release of Paper-Based Version of FDA’s Agricultural Water Assessment Builder
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- FDA has made halting progress in establishing and implementing “Standards for the Growing, Harvesting, Packing, and Holding of Produce for Human Consumption,” as mandated by the Food Safety Modernization Act
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FDA Releases Final Guidance and Urges Companies to be ‘Recall Ready’
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- As covered on this blog, on April 24, 2019 FDA announced a new, draft guidance on ways to help companies prepare to quickly and effectively remove from the market
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FDA Opens Application Portal for Accreditation Bodies Under LAAF Program
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- The Food Safety Modernization Act of 2011 (FSMA) directs FDA to establish a program for the testing of food by accredited laboratories. We reported on FDA’s Final Rule which became
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Proposed Changes to Produce Safety Rule’s Agricultural Water Requirements
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- FDA’s Produce Safety Rule (PSR), finalized in 2015 under the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), established “Standards for the Growing, Harvesting, Packing, and Holding of Produce for Human Consumption,” including
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FDA Announces Three Dates for Public Meetings to Discuss the Proposed Rule for Additional Traceability Records for Certain Foods
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- On September 23, 2020, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published a proposed rule under the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) that would establish “Requirements for Additional Traceability Records for
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 Extends Comment Period on Proposed Rule for Laboratory Accreditation Program
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- As previously discussed on this blog, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released a proposed rule on November 4, 2019 for recognizing accreditation bodies, which will, in turn, accredit
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FDA Issues Proposed Rule to Implement a Laboratory Accreditation Program for Food Testing as Required by FSMA
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- The FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) directs FDA to establish a program for the testing of food by accredited laboratories. Under this program, FDA must recognize accreditation organizations that
FDA Releases Fiscal Year 2020 Fee Rates and Reconfirms Policy of Not Invoicing for FSMA Food Facility Reinspection, Recall, and Importer Reinspection Fees
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- The FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) authorizes FDA to assess and collect fees from (1) The responsible party for each domestic facility and the U.S. agent for each foreign