date:Jul 29, 2013
The Food and Drug Administration released two proposed rules as part of the Food Safety Modernization Act that deal with food imported into the United States.
The foreign supplier verification programs rule requires importers to have a plan for verifying their suppliers are following the same food safety standards as U.S. growers/producers that were outlined in the earlier produce safety and preventive controls FSMA rules.
FDA will be able to audit the importers plan and can stop imports from