FDA Unsafe Food Import Seizures

FDA Detection and Seizure of Unsafe Foods

• Background Data
• The FDA and FSMA
• Foreign Food Facility Inspection Program: At the Producer, Processor & Shipper
• Foreign Supplier Verification Program:   At the Processor
• Transportation: Heading to the Border
• Prior Notice of Imported Food: Before You Reach the Border
• Seizure and Destruction of Adulterated Foods: At the Border
• Some Import Food Safety Issues
• Import Requirements of Some Other Countries
• The Future 

Learning Objectives:-

• Understand the U.S. food safety import processes from farm to border
• Review food import trends
• Understand FDA selection, investigations, review, and violation procedures
• Review guidance concerning recommending customs seizures
• Understand “adulterants”
• Decrease your chance of being “sampled.”
• Understand import food safety issues.

Areas Covered:-

• Global Food Markets drive new import food safety requirements
• Review how the FDA’s Food Safety and Modernization Act (FSMA) is changing things
• Understand “Prior Notice” requirements
• Foreign Supplier Verification Program (FSVP)
• Prepare for the Foreign Facility Inspection Program
• Learn what is in the “Investigations Operation Manual (IOM)
• What can happen to your product when seized
• Learn what other countries require for food import
• Review the proposed rules for food safety and quality during transportation processes
• Learn how much food and what food is imported from different countries
• Understand what the Imported Seafood Safety Program includes
• PREDICT & OASIS Systems
• Other resources available to help you

Background:-

With $49 billion worth of imported foods, the FDA and its regulatory allies oversee more than 420,000 domestic and foreign facilities. Importers of food products intended for introduction and consumption in the United States through international commerce are responsible for ensuring that the products are safe, sanitary, wholesome, and labeled according to U.S. requirements. Over 70% of all seafood and 35% of all produce consumed in the U.S. are imported.

If you think the FDA is unable to effectively control imported food safety, think again. They do not work alone. 

Food importers face special challenges from Homeland Security, Customs and Border Protection, the FDA and USDA, the Centers for Disease Control, the Food Safety Inspection Service, Agricultural and Marketing Services, the Food and Nutrition Services, the USDA, the U.S. Department of Commerce, the Department of Defense, and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). These organizations combine their enforcement powers to ensure that food produced, processed, and transported into the United States for consumption meets regulatory food safety requirements. Other countries are trending in the same direction.

Why Should You Attend?

If you import human or animal food or food supplements and ingredients into the United States for purposes of production or consumption, you are impacted. Understanding the rules and regulations can greatly help to reduce risk to consumers and to your company. As a food supply chain member, you are responsible for ensuring the reliability and food safety of our suppliers. Qualification and management of your producers, shippers, and carriers are critical to your organization’s success and survival. 

This webinar will help prepare attendees to guide their company through current and future regulatory food safety import requirements.

Who Should Attend?

• U.S. food processors, distributors, retailers, and restaurant chains are importing food from foreign countries
• Food buyers
• Foreign food producers and exporters
• International food carriers
• Import and export logistics personnel
• Foreign facility food safety specialists
• Buyers