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FDA Shifts Inspections to States and AI to Help Boost Efficiency

Posted on May 27, 2025
  • After a slowdown in FDA inspections during the first quarter of 2025 and the mass departure of over 3,500 employees, FDA is pivoting to state authority and generative AI technology
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USDA FSIS Implements Directives to Inspection Program Personnel as Cell-Cultured Meats Begin to Enter the U.S. Market.

Posted on July 19, 2023
  • Cell-cultured meat, also known as cultured meat, involves the production of meat from animal cells in a controlled environment. It has the potential to revolutionize the food industry by offering
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FDA Issues Final Guidance on Refusal of Inspection by a Foreign Food Establishment or Foreign Government

Posted on October 21, 2022
  • On October 20, FDA issued final guidance that describes the actions, behaviors, and statements by a foreign food establishment or foreign government that the FDA considers to be a refusal

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FDA and CDC Collaborate to Develop a Process that Would Govern How to Return to On-site Facility Surveillance Inspections

Posted on May 14, 2020
  • On May 11, 2020, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) provided an update in regard to the agency’s surveillance inspections during the COVID-19 pandemic.  In its update, FDA stated

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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FDA Publishes Draft Guidance Concerning “Refusal of Inspection”

Posted on December 11, 2017
  • Section 807(b) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, added by section 306 of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) authorizes the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to

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