FDA Creates New FSVP Importer Portal for Remote Record Requests
FDA has created a new online portal for food importers to submit their Foreign Supplier Verification Program records to the agency during remote inspections. The FSVP Importer Portal, which can be accessed with an active account ID on the FDA Unified Registration and Listing System (FURLS) page, serves “as a dedicated, streamlined way for FSVP importers to submit FSVP records electronically to the FDA, if they choose,” CBP said in a CSMS message May 11.
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“FDA typically conducts inspections of FSVP records at an importer’s place of business,” the Cheese Importers Association of America said in a May 11 member update. “However, FDA has significantly increased the use of written requests for documents since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. If FDA requests documents in writing, the FSVP regulation requires importers to provide FSVP records electronically or through another means that delivers the records promptly.”
“Registration with and use of the FSVP Importer Portal is voluntary, although it may provide a more convenient method of providing documents in response to a Form FDA-482d, “Request for FSVP Records,” the CIAA said. “To use the FSVP Importer Portal, an account must be created with the FDA Industry Systems,” which is the network used for FURLS, CIAA said. “FDA states that accessing the FSVP Importer Portal is best through either Microsoft Edge or Google Chrome.”