Question

The Food And Drug Administration Decides To Establish A Set Of Guidelines Detailing How And when the inspections of imported fruit will occur, what fees will be charged to fruit importers, and what documents must be presented to the agency by fruit importers. What procedures must the FDA follow when making these determinations? This is an administrative law questions for a paralegal class

Answer 1

Before arrival in the United States, all imported fruit items inspected by the FDA's foreign surveillance inspections to check the food quality. To meet the new requirements of FDA Food Safety Modernization act ( FSMA ) , FDA has raised number of inspection .The procedures follow by FDA to determine the time , fee and documents requires to the imported food given below :

Step 1 : Prior Notice of Imported Food to FDA

Step 2 ; Acidified and non-acidified food

step 3 : Type of food ( perishable or non-perishable )

Step 4 : Manufacturing process ( making process of food )

Step 5: compliance history of facility ( how many rejection in previous period )

Step 6 : Guidance and regulatory for the imported foods

so, these are the determinate to the FDA's selection for the food safety inspection for foreign countries.