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FDA Begins Accepting VQIP Applications and Recognizes First Accreditation Body under FSMA’s Accredited Third-Party Certification Program

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has taken two important steps to launch the Voluntary Qualified Importer Program (VQIP) under the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). First, FDA has started accepting applications for participation in VQIP, a voluntary, fee-based program which offers expedited review and entry of human and animal food into the United States. 

Second, FDA has recognized the first accreditation body under the voluntary Accredited Third-Party Certification Program created by FSMA, a step needed to implement VQIP. This post discusses both developments.

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Authored by Joe Levitt, Maile Hermida, Elizabeth Fawell & Leigh Barcham.

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