FSMA Fridays: What To Expect In 2016, FSVP, And Third-Party Auditor Rules (Part Two Of Four)
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In Part One of FSMA Fridays: What To Expect In 2016, FSVP, And Third-Party Auditor Rules, The Acheson Group’s Dr. David Acheson and Melanie Neumann and Roland Gonzalez joined SafetyChain’s Jill Bender to discuss what FSMA will bring to the food industry in 2016. The panel also addressed the Foreign Supplier Verification Program. Here, in part two of the series, the panel will begin addressing third-party auditor rules under FSMA.
Jill: It sounds like the definition of an importer has tracked to about 90 percent, as far as in this box or this box, but still under FSMA, right, David?
David: Right, exactly. It’s all under FSMA. I think where the FDA’s going with this is they want to make sure that all food coming into the U.S. and sourced from a supply chain is controlled under some sort of regulations or other. They’ve really said, “You’re in one or the other. You’re either in foreign supplier verification or you’re under preventive control.” The nuance is where do I fit as an entity? No one gets off the hook, unless there’s a designated exemption.
Jill: I think this leads really nicely into our next question, which I’m going to go ahead and pass that over to you, Melanie. Let’s go a little bit further then, as far as what is the responsibility of the importer to comply with FSVP?
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