- 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
FDA Webinar on Food Facility Registration
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- 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.
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JANAAC Recognized as an Accreditation Body Under FDA’s Accredited Third Party Certification Program
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- 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
FDA Publishes Guidance on Oversight of Food Covered by SRAs
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- 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New Draft Guidance on FDA’s Accredited Third-Party Certification Program
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FDA Issues the Accredited Third-Party Certification Program: Questions and Answers: Draft Guidance for Industry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
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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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