FSVP Resources
See below helpful list of resources for complying with the upcoming FDA requirements for the Foreign Supplier Verification Program (FSVP) regulations, among other FDA requirements.
Resources obtained from FDA’s FSVP website:
• What is FSVP & who is required?
• FSVP Requirement Fact sheet
• Compliance Dates Chart
• FSVP Q&A
• Am I subject to FSVP? Importer Flow Chart
• Webinar on the FSVP final rule by FDA
• FSVP Final Rule At-a-Glance
• FSVP final rule Full Text
Translations of FSVP Fact Sheets to send to Suppliers:
Arabic • Simplified Chinese • Traditional Chinese • French • Hindi • Italian •
Japanese • Korean • Portuguese • Russian • Spanish • Thai
More FDA News Updates from Scarbrough:
ACE requires FSVP Information to be transmitted according to the Cargo Systems Messaging Service update on May 3, 2017, U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced that transmission of the FSVP data will become a mandatory ACE data element on May 30, 2017 via the Unique Facility Identifier (UFI) for the FSVP importer. FDA recognizes the […]
FDA Foreign Supplier Verification Programs (FSVP)
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