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21 CFR 1.513(b)(1): What FSVP may I have if I am importing certain food from a country with an officially recognized or equivalent food safety system?

PART 1-GENERAL ENFORCEMENT REGULATIONS · Subpart L-Foreign Supplier Verification Programs for Food Importers

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Citation 21 CFR 1.513(b)(1)
Section What FSVP may I have if I am importing certain food from a country with an officially recognized or equivalent food safety system?
Part PART 1-GENERAL ENFORCEMENT REGULATIONS
Subpart Subpart L-Foreign Supplier Verification Programs for Food Importers
Subchapter 21 CFR A General
Product types cited General
Regulation text (excerpt) (1) Before importing a food from the foreign supplier and annually thereafter, you must document that the foreign supplier is in, and under the regulatory oversight of, a country whose food safety system FDA has officially recognized as comparable or determined to be equivalent to that of the United States, and that the food is within the scope of that official recognition or equivalency determination.

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