Lieberman PLLC has released an updated comprehensive timeline of U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) actions to implement the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) dated May 18, 2016. The timeline is available for download here. The timeline contains both past actions of FDA and future actions required of the Agency by FSMA. All of the major [...]
On May 13, 2016, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released draft guidance for industry on Qualified Facilities under the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) Preventive Controls Rules for Human and Animal Food (“Preventive Controls Rules”). Qualified Facilities enjoy less stringent regulatory obligations under the Preventive Controls Rules. Certain Qualified Facilities however are subject [...]
On May 9, 2016, the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture published a notice in the Federal Register addressing the dollar limitations on the amount of meat and meat food products, poultry, and poultry products that a retail store can sell to hotels, restaurants, and similar institutions without disqualifying [...]
On Friday, April 29, FDA released final guidance on the Final Menu Labeling Regulation. The guidance addresses a number of key questions the food industry posed to FDA and provides a number of insights into FDA’s views on compliance requirements. Please see this Lieberman PLLC Regulatory Alert which highlights some of the key points in [...]
On April 16, Erik Lieberman of Lieberman PLLC conducted a webinar reviewing the final rule implementing the Sanitary Food Transportation Act. The final rule has been issued pursuant to the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). The Rule will have significant impacts on shippers, carriers, loaders and receivers. The replay may be viewed here. For more [...]
On March 2, 2016, the Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture released a final rule to remove beef and pork from mandatory country of origin labeling requirements (COOL). AMS issued the regulation to conform with the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016. The final rule became effective immediately. The repeal of COOL for [...]
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced today a public meeting, entitled “FDA Food Safety Modernization Act: Prevention-Oriented Import System Regulations and Implementation.” The public meeting will provide the public an opportunity to discuss import safety regulations and programs, including the Final Foreign Supplier Verification Program Rule and Third Party Auditor Rule. The meeting [...]
On February 22, 2016, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced it had requested an additional $14 million in the Fiscal Year 2017 Budget to enhance the safety of food imports. FDA stated that the priority will be enforcement of the Foreign Supplier Verification Program (FSVP) Rule which requires importers to ensure that the [...]
On Friday, February 5, 2016, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that it will be holding a public meeting on the import regulations issued to implement the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). The meeting will be held on Monday, March 21, 2016, from 8:30 am to 5:30 pm at the Wiley Auditorium at [...]
On January 21, 2016, Erik Lieberman of Lieberman PLLC hosted a webinar to review the final grind log rule issued by the Food Safety and Inspection Service of USDA on December 21, 2015. The rule requires retail stores and official establishments to maintain records of grinding activity of raw beef products. The webinar replay is [...]
