The Federal Food Drug and Cosmetic Act (“FFDCA”) provides FDA the authority to automatically detain imported products including foods, pharmaceutical drugs, medical devices, cosmetics, tobacco products, biologics, and radiation-emitting devices due to any previous...
VQIP is a voluntary program in which food importers may participate to expedite release of their human or animal food shipments. FDA will not examine or sample shipments that are imported under VQIP unless warranted by public health reasons or for auditing purposes....
Update 12/12/18! Congress has passed the 2019 Farm Bill which, if signed into law by the President, will lift federal restrictions on hemp production. As CBD is derived from hemp, this could lead to changes in the legal status of CBD oil products which, as noted in...
FDA has begun to enforce the FSVP rule which requires food importers to maintain documentation and records verifying that certain steps have been taken to ensure that the foods they import meet US food-safety standards. Most food importers have been required to comply...
In 2016, FDA published new requirements for food nutrition labeling that significantly change the appearance of the Nutrition Facts panels and the information required to be declared on the label. FDA provided time for companies to implement the changes and recently...
