On November 20, 2014, Erik Lieberman held a webinar on opportunities for foreign governments under the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). FSMA provides for a number of specific roles foreign governments can play in assisting their food exporters to the U.S. in complying with the law. The webinar reviewed the proactive steps governments of foreign countries [...]
Foreign government employees can play a number of roles under the Food Safety Modernization Act (“FSMA”) to conduct audits or inspections that exporters of food to the U.S. can provide to their U.S. importers to allow the importers to satisfy Foreign Supplier Verification Program (“FSVP”) food safety on-site audit requirements. FDA issued a proposed FSVP [...]
On October 24, 2014, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration released a series of three videos on the labeling of seafood products to educate the seafood industry, retailers and state regulators. If you have any questions please contact Erik Lieberman at erl1@liebermanpllc.com or 202.830.0300. From FDA: FDA Develops Online Learning Module to Help Ensure Proper Labeling of [...]
Today the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced that it is hosting a public meeting on the supplemental proposed FSMA rules published on September 19. The meeting will be held on November 13, 2014, from 8:30-5:30 pm. The Agency published supplemental proposed rules on the Preventive Controls for Human Food Rule, Preventive Controls for Animal [...]
On October 2, 2014, Erik R. Lieberman of Lieberman PLLC conducted a webinar on the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) which reviewed the regulations issued to date by the U.S. and Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and provided a look ahead to the future regulations FDA is required to issue under the law. A replay of [...]
The Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) requires facilities that are required to register under the Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act of 2002 (Sec. 415 of the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act) to reregister with the U.s> Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on every even-numbered year. This requirement applies to both U.S. [...]
On September 25, 2014, Erik Lieberman held a webinar to review the supplemental proposed rules released by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on September 19 to implement the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). The revisions apply to the following rules: Preventive Controls for Human Food, Preventive Controls for Animal Food, Foreign Supplier Verification [...]
On September 19, 2014, Stewart Parnell, the former owner and president and CEO of Peanut Corporation of America was found by a twelve member jury guilty of 67 federal felony counts associated with a massive Salmonella outbreak in 2008. His brother, Michael Parnell, who served as vice president of the company, was found guilty on [...]
On September 19, 2014, the Food and Drug Administration released four revised proposed rules to implement the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). The revisions apply to the following rules: Preventive Controls for Human Food, Preventive Controls for Animal Food, Foreign Supplier Verification Program, and Produce Safety. The revisions address some of the key—and most controversial—aspects [...]
Today, August 5, 2014, the Food and Drug Administration's gluten-free labeling rule went into effect. Packaged foods labeled on or after today must comply with the requirements of the regulation. Pursuant to the regulation, gluten-free foods must contain less than 20 parts per million (ppm) gluten. Foods may be labeled “gluten-free” if they are inherently [...]
