- 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 Data Shows an Increase in Food Facility Violations for Failing to Develop a Foreign Supplier Verification Program
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- 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
FDA Publishes List of Records Required Under FSVP
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- As our readers may know, the Food Safety Modernization Act’s (FSMA) Foreign Supplier Verification Program (FSVP) generally requires importers to conduct a range of activities to ensure that food
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FDA Launches Dashboard to Track FSMA Progress
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- On September 30, 2019, FDA announced the establishment of the Food Safety Dashboard, which is designed to measure the progress of the seven foundational rules of the Food Safety Modernization
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FDA Calls on Papaya Industry to Take Action to Prevent Foodborne Illness Outbreaks
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- On August 26, the FDA issued a letter to all sectors of the papaya industry to take action to prevent future foodborne illness outbreaks. As noted in the letter, since
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FDA Issues First Warning Letter to Food Importer Under FSVP
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- On August 13, FDA announced the issuance of the first warning letter to a U.S. food importer under the Food Safety Modernization Act’s (FSMA) Foreign Supplier Verification Program (FSVP). As
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FSVP Follow-up
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- With little fanfare, FDA issued a new Import Alert (IA 99-41) to prevent the importation of foods by importers who are not in compliance with the Foreign Supplier Verification
FDA’s Outlines Plans to Modernize Oversight of Imported Food
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- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) discusses how the Agency is integrating new tools, that are a result of the passage of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), with
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New Canadian Food Safety Law Takes Effect in One Week
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- The Safe Food for Canadians Regulations will become effective one week from today, on January 15, 2019. As previously reported on this blog, Canada proposed these regulations in January
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FDA’s ‘Data Dashboard’ Expansion Makes Supply-Chain Verification Searches Easier
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- Three FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) rules (Foreign Supplier Verification Programs (FSVP) for Importers of Food for Humans and Animals; Current Good Manufacturing Practice, Hazard Analysis, and
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