The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued five guidance documents to help importers and food producers understand and meet new Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) Standards. The guidance documents include the following:
- A draft guidance on Foreign Supplier Verification Program (FSVP) rule
- A Small Entity Compliance Guide on the FSVP rule
- A draft guidance on the term “Same Level of Public Health Protection” used in both the FSVP and Produce Safety regulations
- Chapter 15 of the draft Preventive Controls for Human Food guidance regarding Supply-Chain requirements
- Enforcement Discretion guidance regarding the application of FSVP to certain importers of grain raw agricultural commodities (RACs)
