FSMA Implementation Update: Recent Developments Affecting Imports, Sanitary Food Transportation, Produce Safety, and Very Small Businesses

In this post, we summarize the following topics:

• Regarding imports:

  • FDA’s recognition of Australia’s food safety system as comparable to the United States, which allows for modified Foreign Supplier Verification Programs (FSVP) requirements of certain foods imported from Australia;

  • Information from FDA to importers about key things they need to know about compliance with the FSVP rule and what to expect during upcoming inspections;

  • Launch of a website where organizations can apply for recognition as a third-party accreditation body.

• Information from FDA on the agency’s implementation of the Sanitary Transportation of Human and Animal Food (Sanitary Food Transportation) rule;

• FDA’s plans to extend the compliance dates for the agricultural water requirements of the Produce Safety regulation; and

• Inflation-adjusted values applicable to several very small business-related definitions used in the FSMA rules

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Authored by Joe Levitt, Maile Hermida, Elizabeth Fawell, Leigh Barcham, and Samantha Dietle.