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Lieberman Named to FDA FSMA Committee

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 [...]

The Role of Foreign Government Employees in FSMA

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 [...]

FDA to Hold Public Meeting on Supplemental Proposed FSMA Rules November 13

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 [...]

FSMA Update Webinar

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 [...]

FSMA Food Facility Reregistration Period Begins Oct. 1

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. [...]

Webinar on FSMA Supplemental Proposed Rules

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 [...]

Criminal Prosecutions of Corporate Officers Under FD&C Act Highlight Importance of FSMA Compliance

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 [...]

By |2014-09-23T10:07:37-04:00September 23rd, 2014|FDA, Food, Food Safety, Food Safety Modernization Act, Imports, Park Doctrine|0 Comments

FDA Releases Revised Proposed FSMA Rules

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 [...]

FSIS Publishes Poultry Inspection Modernization Final Rule

On August 21, 2014, the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) published a final rule amending the poultry products inspection regulations to establish a new inspection system for young chicken and all turkey slaughter establishments.  Young chicken and turkey slaughter establishments that do not choose to operate under [...]

Webinar on FSIS Grinding Log Rule: Replay

On July 31, 2014, Erik Lieberman of Lieberman PLLC conducted a webinar on the regulation proposed by USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service on July 16, which requires retail stores and official establishments to maintain new records containing the identity and contact information of suppliers of source materials used in the preparation of raw ground [...]

By |2016-10-30T01:15:07-04:00August 14th, 2014|Beef, Food Safety, FSIS, Ground Beef, Ground Meat, Meat, USDA|0 Comments
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