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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New Draft Guidance on FDA’s Accredited Third-Party Certification Program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FDA Issues the Accredited Third-Party Certification Program: Questions and Answers: Draft Guidance for Industry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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FDA Enters Food Safety Agreements with Four States

Posted on October 13, 2021

On October 7, the FDA announced that the Agency entered into domestic mutual reliance agreements with California, Florida, Utah, and Wisconsin. The mutual reliance agreements facilitate a coordinated effort between

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FDA Releases List of Draft & Final Guidance Topics

Posted on June 30, 2021

On June 29, 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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AFDO & Others Tell FDA to Keep Inspection Mandate

Posted on June 11, 2021

The Consumer Brands Association, The Safe Food Coalition, and The Association of Food and Drug Officials published a joint letter to Janet Woodcock, FDA’s Acting Commissioner of Food and Drugs,

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FDA Launches Food Safety Traceability Challenge

Posted on June 3, 2021

Last year we reported on FDA’s New Era of Smarter Food Safety Blueprint, which outlines the Agency’s plan to create a safer food system over the next decade. The

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