FSMA Implementation Update (March 2018)

The below post summarizes the following topics:

• Guidance on application of the Foreign Supplier Verification Programs (FSVP) regulation to the importation of certain live animals;
• Draft Guidance on the definition of “small business” for purposes of the Preventive Controls for Human Food (PCHF) and Preventive Controls for Animal Food (PCAF) regulations;
• A letter to the winegrape and hops growing industries regarding possible modifications to written assurances in the Produce Safety Rule; and
• A report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) scrutinizing FDA’s progress and implementation of key food safety-related activities.

Also, as a reminder, March 19, 2018 was the compliance date for supplier verification under the PCHF (Subpart G) and FSVP regulations when a supplier is a “small business” required to comply with the PCHF regulation. Additionally, April 6, 2018 is the compliance date for small businesses for the Sanitary Food Transportation regulation.

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Authored by Joe Levitt, Maile Hermida & Elizabeth Fawell.