0910-AG64 201604 Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions 0910 Food and Drug Administration FDA 0900 Department of Health and Human Services HHS Foreign Supplier Verification Program

This rule describes 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.

]]> Economically Significant Previously Published in The Unified Agenda Completed Actions Yes Private Sector 21 CFR 11 21 CFR 111 21 CFR 1 21 U.S.C. 384a title III, sec 301 of FDA Food Safety Modernization Act Pub. L. 111-353, establishing sec 805 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FD&C Act) Judicial Final 10/31/2015 To the Office of the Federal Register for publication. Yes 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 Supplemental NPRM 09/29/2014 79 FR 58573 Supplemental NPRM Comment Period End 12/15/2014 Final Rule 11/27/2015 80 FR 74225 Final Rule Effective 01/27/2016 Yes Businesses None No No Yes Yes Brian Pendleton L. Senior Policy Advisor 0910 Food and Drug Administration FDA 202 870-4765 brian.pendleton@fda.hhs.gov Suite 3037 (HFD-7), Office of Policy, 10903 New Hampshire Avenue, WO Building 32, Room 4250, Silver Spring MD 20993-0002