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FDA Clarifies Food Traceability List Descriptions and Publishes Related FAQ

Posted on January 13, 2021

On January 12, the FDA made the following two updates to its Food Traceability Proposed Rule:

The Agency made clarifying edits to the Food Traceability List (FTL), which lists

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FDA Publishes Enforcement Policy Guidance for Providing Acceptable Facility Registration UFI

Posted on December 2, 2020

On December 1, the FDA published an updated guidance that explains how to comply with FDA’s requirement to provide a Unique Facility Identifier (UFI) recognized as acceptable by FDA when

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FDA Issues Final Guidance for Industry and FDA Staff on Publicizing Lists of Retailers That May Have Received Certain Recalled Food

Posted on November 23, 2020

As covered on this blog, FDA announced a new policy on September 26, 2018 and concurrently released draft guidance detailing the circumstances for publicizing retailer information (e.g., specific retail

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FDA Releases New Outbreak Investigation Table

Posted on November 20, 2020

On November 18, 2020, FDA released the Coordinated Outbreak Response and Evaluation (CORE) Investigation Table, a tool to publish early information on all foodborne outbreaks that the FDA is

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FDA Announces a One Year Pilot Program to Evaluate Third-Party Food Safety Standards and Invites Requests to Participate

Posted on October 26, 2020

FDA’s regulations implementing the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) requirements for Preventive Controls for Human Food (PCHF), Preventive Controls for Animal Food (PCAF), and Foreign Supplier Verification Programs (FSVP)

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FDA Publishes New Era of Smarter Food Safety Blueprint

Posted on July 15, 2020

On July 13, the FDA announced its New Era of Smarter Food Safety Blueprint, which outlines the Agency’s plan to create a safer food system over the next decade.

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Update on FDA’s New Era of Smarter Food Safety Initiative in Light of COVID-19

Posted on June 5, 2020

Last year we reported on FDA’s announcement on the “New Era of Smarter Food Safety”, an effort intended to combine the implementation of Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) with new

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FDA Issues Temporary Policy Regarding Certain Accredited Third-Party Certification Program Requirements During COVID-19

Posted on April 29, 2020

FSMA established the Accredited Third-Party Certification Program, which is a voluntary program that allows “accreditation bodies” to apply for recognition by FDA. Recognized accreditation bodies have the authority to accredit

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FDA Increases FSVP Enforcement

Posted on April 24, 2020

FDA appears to have stepped up its enforcement of Foreign Supplier Verification (FSVP) regulations in the past several weeks, issuing four warning letters to companies in the past month for

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FDA Data Shows an Increase in Food Facility Violations for Failing to Develop a Foreign Supplier Verification Program

Posted on February 27, 2020

According to the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Inspection Observation Data for the Fiscal Year 2019, the most commonly cited violation during FDA food facility inspections was failing to develop

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