# Foreign Supplier Verification Programs for Importers of Food for Humans and Animals
> **Food and Drug Administration** · Final rule. · Published 2015-11-27 · Effective 2016-01-26 · 80 FR 74226
## Document
- **Document number:** 2015-28158
- **Category:** fda-food
- **Sub-agency:** Food and Drug Administration
- **Federal Register citation:** 80 FR 74226
- **CFR reference:** 21 CFR 1
- **Publication date:** 2015-11-27
- **Effective date:** 2016-01-26
- **HHS docket:** Docket No. FDA-2011-N-0143
## Abstract

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is adopting a regulation on foreign supplier verification programs (FSVPs) for importers of food for humans and animals. The regulation requires importers to verify that food they import into the United States is produced in compliance with the hazard analysis and risk-based preventive controls and standards for produce safety provisions of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (the FD&C Act), is not adulterated, and is not misbranded with respect to food allergen labeling. We are issuing this regulation in accordance with the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). The regulation will help ensure the safety of imported food.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2015/11/27/2015-28158/foreign-supplier-verification-programs-for-importers-of-food-for-humans-and-animals)
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