On July 23, 2015, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released draft Model Accreditation Standards for Third-Party Auditor /Certification Body Accreditation pursuant to the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). FDA also released a proposed rule on user fees for participation in the program. Please see this Lieberman PLLC Regulatory Alert which summarizes the key [...]
Lieberman PLLC is pleased to announce that Erik Lieberman, principal of Lieberman PLLC and president of U.S. Food Imports LLC has been named to the Food Safety Preventive Controls Alliance (FSPCA) International Subcommittee. The FSPCA is a public-private partnership created by the U. S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and the Illinois Institute of Technology’s Institute for [...]
On July 2, 2015, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued the Supplement to the 2013 Food Code. The Supplement modifies the 2013 Food Code to: Expand the duties of the Person in Charge in a food establishment to include overseeing the routine monitoring of food temperatures during hot and cold holding. Expand and [...]
On March 19, 2015, Erik Lieberman of Lieberman PLLC hosted a webinar entitled FDA Menu Labeling: Are You Ready? The webinar provided the latest updates on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) Final Menu Labeling Rule and reviewed the requirements of the regulation. The webinar covers such questions as: What kinds of items are [...]
On Thursday, March 19, 2015, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released a Small Entity Compliance Guide for the Final Menu Labeling Regulation published on December 2014. The compliance guide is intended to assist small businesses. The guidance represents FDA’s current thinking on the Final Menu Labeling Rule. The guidance may be found here. [...]
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced that they will be holding a national meeting regarding the beginning of their implementation of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). The meeting will be held in Washington, DC, from April 23-24, 2015. More details on the meeting may be found here. Please contact Erik Lieberman [...]
On January 22, 2015, Erik Lieberman presented a webinar on the final regulation on vending machine labeling requirements published by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the Federal Register on December 1, 2014. The regulation requires businesses who own or operate 20 or more vending machines to provide calorie declarations for foods sold [...]
On December 1, 2014, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published a final regulation in the Federal Register requiring businesses who own or operate 20 or more vending machines to provide calorie declarations for foods sold from the vending machines. Calorie declarations must be clear and conspicuous and be on the machine itself or [...]
Regulatory Alert: FDA Releases Final Menu Labeling Rule Restaurants, Supermarkets and Convenience Stores Must Comply with Broad New Regulation On November 25, 2014, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released the final Menu Labeling Rule (“Final Rule”) which requires restaurants, supermarkets, convenience stores and other establishments to conspicuously post calorie information and provide additional [...]
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 [...]
