The FDA should push back its deadline for implementation of new cosmetics facility registration requirements of the Modernization of Cosmetics Regulation Act of 2022, the National Customs Brokers & Forwarders Association of America said in a July 13 letter.
FDA will continue its policy of not requiring on-site audits for importers under the agency’s preventive controls and Foreign Supplier Verification Program regulations where COVID-19 travel advisories make them impractical until further notice, despite the recent end to the government’s public health emergency in May, the agency said in a revised guidance document released July 13.
On July 10, FDA posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:
On July 7, FDA posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:
On July 5, FDA posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:
On July 3, FDA posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:
On June 30, FDA posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:
On June 28, FDA posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:
FDA recently added new frequently asked questions and other information to its website to help industry comply with upcoming requirements of its Food Safety Modernization traceability rule for high-risk foods, the agency said this week. The new FAQs “address questions to help clarify how the rule applies to specific situations and are largely based on questions received” from industry, FDA said. Also included are “commodity risk" scores for a list of “foods and associated commodity-hazard pairs,” new supply chain examples to “illustrate how the rule is applied in different scenarios for different commodities,” and more foreign language translations of compliance tools, FDA said. The compliance date for the final rule, issued in November (see 2211150064), is in January 2026.
On June 27, FDA posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of: