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RIN: 0910-AG64

Publication ID: Fall 2013

Title: Foreign Supplier Verification Program
Abstract: FDA is proposing regulations that describe what a food importer must do to verify that its foreign suppliers produce food that is as safe as food produced in the United States. FDA is taking this action to improve the safety of food that is imported into the United States.
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services(HHS)	Priority: Economically Significant
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda	Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule Stage
Major: Yes	Unfunded Mandates: Private Sector
CFR Citation: Not Yet Determined (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations.)
Legal Authority: 21 USC 384a title III, sec 301 of FDA Food Safety Modernization Act, PL 111-353, establishing sec 805 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FD&C Act)

Legal Deadline:

Action	Source	Description	Date
Final	Statutory		01/04/2012

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite
NPRM	07/29/2013	78 FR 45729
NPRM Comment Period End	11/26/2013
NPRM Comment Period Extended	11/20/2013	78 FR 69602
NPRM Comment Period Extended End	01/27/2014

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes	Government Levels Affected: None
Small Entities Affected: Businesses	Federalism: No
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No
International Impacts: This regulatory action will be likely to have international trade and investment effects, or otherwise be of international interest.
RIN Data Printed in the FR: Yes
Agency Contact: Brian L. Pendleton Senior Policy Advisor Department of Health and Human Services Food and Drug Administration Suite 3037 (HFD-7), Office of Policy, WO 32, Room 4250, 10903 New Hampshire Avenue, Silver Spring, MD 20993-0002 Phone:301 796-4614 Fax:301 847-3541 Email: brian.pendleton@fda.hhs.gov