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New Report Outlines FDA’s Strategy to Ensure the Safety of Imported Produce

Posted on September 28, 2022

On September 27, the FDA released “Activities to Enhance the Safety of Imported Produce,” a report which details how the Agency’s 2019 strategy for safeguarding imported food specifically

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FDA launches LAAF Program Dashboard

Posted on August 4, 2022

On August 3, 2022, FDA announced the establishment of the Laboratory Accreditation for Analyses of Foods (LAAF) program Dashboard. The LAAF Dashboard will serve as a public registry listing

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FDA Webinar on Food Facility Registration

Posted on July 28, 2022

On July 26, 2022, FDA announced that it would hold a webinar for stakeholders to discuss Food Facility Registration, Biennial Renewal, and obtaining an acceptable Unique Facility Identifier.
As previously

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JANAAC Recognized as an Accreditation Body Under FDA’s Accredited Third Party Certification Program

Posted on June 27, 2022

The Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) established the Accredited Third-Party Certification Program, also referred to as the Third-Party Program (TPP). The voluntary TPP allows accreditation bodies (ABs) to apply for

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FDA Publishes Guidance on Oversight of Food Covered by SRAs

Posted on June 22, 2022

On June 21, the FDA published a final guidance for FDA staff entitled “FDA Oversight of Food Covered by Systems Recognition Agreements” (SRAs). The guidance covers FDA’s regulatory

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New Draft Guidance on FDA’s Accredited Third-Party Certification Program

Posted on May 2, 2022

FDA Issues the Accredited Third-Party Certification Program: Questions and Answers: Draft Guidance for Industry

As previously covered on this blog, on November 27, 2015, FDA finalized the rule, “

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FDA Announces New and Extended FSMA Enforcement Discretion Policies

Posted on March 14, 2022

As we reported, FDA released a list on January 31, 2022 of important guidance topics that are a priority for completion this year. The list includes enforcement policy guidance

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FDA Publishes List of Priority Guidance Documents

Posted on February 2, 2022

On January 31, the FDA’s Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN) and Office of Food Policy and Response (OFPR) released a list of draft and final guidance topics

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FDA Enforcement Discretion for Agricultural Water

Posted on January 27, 2022

On January 26, 2022, FDA published a constituent update reminding produce stakeholders about FDA’s intention to exercise enforcement discretion for agriculture water requirements for covered produce, except for those related

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FDA Updates Guidance on Exemptions from FSMA

Posted on December 23, 2021

As previously reported on this blog, in 2017 FDA issued guidance documents on exemptions from FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) rules to clarify which parts of the FSMA

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