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FDA Issues First Warning Letter to Food Importer Under FSVP

Posted on August 14, 2019

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

Posted on August 9, 2019

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

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Inspections Begin Under FDA’s Produce Safety Rule

Posted on August 8, 2019

As our readers may know, the FSMA final Produce Safety Rule was published on November 27, 2015 (80 FR 74353) and establishes science-based minimum standards for the safe growing,

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Enforcement Activity by the USDA Food Safety Inspection Service Against Imported Siluriformes (Catfish) for “Failure to Present” Violations

Posted on February 25, 2019

As reported here, the domestic and import inspection program for Siluriformes fish and fish products (including catfish) was transferred from FDA to USDA in response to a congressional

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FDA Resumes Inspections of High-Risk Food Facilities

Posted on January 16, 2019

As previously reported on this blog, the partial federal government shutdown stalled FDA’s ability to conduct routine inspections of domestic food facilities. However, as of January 15, FDA resumed

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FDA Collects Thousands of Pages of Documents in Inspection of JUUL Labs

Posted on October 5, 2018

On April 24, 2018, FDA announced its Youth Tobacco Prevention Plan to stop adolescent use of, and access to, vapor products. FDA followed up on its announcement by issuing 17

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USDA Issues Guidelines Regarding Livestock Slaughter and Processing Inspection Exemptions

Posted on June 1, 2018

On May 24, the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA’s) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) issued a guideline: FSIS Guideline for Determining Whether a Livestock Slaughter or Processing Firm

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FSIS to Begin Inspection of Catfish Despite Controversy

Posted on July 6, 2017

The U.S. Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced in the July 3, 2017 Federal Register that, starting August 2, 2017, all shipments of imported Siluriformes fish and fish products

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Fish Flakes

Posted on June 10, 2016

Congress considers ending USDA catfish inspection program.

As previously covered on this blog, in the 2008 Farm Bill, Congress required FDA to divest its authority over the inspection of

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Catfish Crossover Complete

Posted on May 5, 2016

FDA completes transfer of jurisdiction over catfish inspection to USDA.

As previously covered on this blog, FDA and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety Inspection Service (FSIS) have

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