A new rule describes the means by which third-parties will be able to conduct food safety audits and issue certifications of foreign facilities.
August 21/Minneapolis/Minnesota Farm Guide -- The two new food safety rules published by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the Federal Register on July 29, 2013 complement the two proposed rules the FDA issued in January 2013. All four of these proposed rules have been developed by the FDA in accordance with the Food Safety and Modernization Act (FMSA), with more to come.
The first of these two newly proposed rules, Foreign Supplier Verification Programs for Importers of Food for Humans and Animals (FSVP), will describe the means by which third-parties will be able to conduct food safety audits and issue certifications of foreign facilities and the foods for humans and animals they produce.