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Firm/Supplier Evaluation Resources for FSMA Rules

The FDA has improved the Supplier Evaluation Resources page, which is now available as a new section in FDA’s Data Dashboard. The Data Dashboard brings all the information from this Supplier Evaluation Resource page together, allowing importers and manufacturers/processors to search multiple data bases at the same time. For more information, see Firm/Supplier Evaluation Resources search available on the FDA Data Dashboard.

Three FDA FSMA rules (Foreign Supplier Verification Programs (FSVP) for Importers of Food for Humans and Animals; Current Good Manufacturing Practice, Hazard Analysis, and Risk-Based Preventive Controls for Human Food; and Current Good Manufacturing Practice, Hazard Analysis, and Risk-Based Preventive Controls for Food for Animals) require that importers and facilities perform certain risk-based activities to verify that their suppliers are meeting applicable U.S. food safety standards. Under these rules, you must evaluate, among other things, the applicable FDA food safety regulations and information relevant to the supplier's compliance with those regulations, including whether the supplier is the subject of an FDA warning letter, import alert, or other FDA compliance action related to food safety, and document the evaluation.

Below is a list of publically available resources that can be used to meet the requirement set out in these regulations as well as information on their use:

 

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