FSMA Final Guidance on Model Third Party Accreditation Standards

On December 6, 2016, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released final guidance intended to assist industry and FDA staff by recommending standards for accrediting third-party certification bodies for the voluntary third-party certification program established under the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). The final guidance document fulfills section 808(b)(2) of the FD&C Act that FDA must develop Model Accreditation Standards that recognized accreditation bodies shall use to qualify third-party certification bodies for accreditation. For more information please see this Lieberman PLLC regulatory alert.  Please contact Erik Lieberman at erl1@liebermanpllc.com or 202.830.0300 for additional information.