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FDA Publishes Updated Prior Notice of Imported Food Guidance Document

Posted on October 16, 2023
  • On October 13, FDA published the latest iteration of its “Guidance for Industry: Prior Notice of Imported Food Questions and Answers (Edition 4).” This is the finalized version
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FDA Releases Video Summarizing Food Import Requirements

Posted on October 3, 2023
  • Last week, FDA released a video that provides a high-level overview of the requirements for importing food into the United States along with recommendations on how to find out more
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FDA Signs Regulatory Partnership Arrangement with Ecuador Covering Shrimp Imports

Posted on August 29, 2023
  • Last week FDA announced that it had signed a regulatory partnership arrangement (RPA) with Ecuador’s seafood regulatory authority (the Vice Ministry of Aquaculture and Fisheries or VMAF) to enhance the
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New Report Outlines FDA’s Strategy to Ensure the Safety of Imported Seafood

Posted on March 22, 2023
  • On March 21, the FDA released Activities for the Safety of Imported Seafood, a report which details the approach the Agency’s is taking to ensure that imported seafood consumed
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FDA Finalizes FSVP Guidance for Importers of Human and Animal Food

Posted on January 11, 2023
  • On January 10, the FDA issued a final guidance for the Foreign Supplier Verification Programs (FSVP) for Importers of Food for Humans and Animals. As our readers know, under
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USDA Receives Petition Requesting Amendment to Import for Personal Consumption Regulation

Posted on December 6, 2022
  •  Any product under USDA jurisdiction “which was purchased by the importer outside the United States for his/her own consumption,” and in a quantity of no more than 50 pounds, can

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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FDA Updates Prior Notice of Imported Food Draft Guidance

Posted on September 14, 2022
  • On September 13, the FDA announced the availability of the 4th edition of a draft guidance for industry entitled “Prior Notice of Imported Food Questions and Answers; Draft Guidance

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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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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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