Import food safety forum feb28

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How a food importer should deal How a food importer should deal with it? with it? 1. POP imported food products Tea / Beverage Candy / Cookie Supplement Herbs

Transcript of Import food safety forum feb28

How a food importer should deal How a food importer should deal

with it?with it?

1. POP imported food products• Tea / Beverage• Candy / Cookie• Supplement• Herbs

How a food importer should deal How a food importer should deal

with it?with it?

2. Request COA from vendor• Requirement depending on products

Eg. Heavy metal, Pesticide residual, etc.

How a food importer should deal How a food importer should deal with it?with it?

3. Hire consultant: PHD at Pharmacy, working in FDA CA branch for 10+ years experience • Ingredients quality control

Consultant visit our plants outside U.S. regularly

Meet FDA requirement• Raw material

Lab test before production

How a food importer should deal How a food importer should deal with it?with it?

4. After mass production shipment arrivals•Randomly audit: Anresco

EPA/DHA report for certain supplementsEg. Fish Oil

Heavy metal for snacksEg. Ginger candy

How a food importer should deal How a food importer should deal with it?with it?

AuditAudit report samplereport sample Heavy metal Lab test report sampleHeavy metal Lab test report sample

How a food importer should deal How a food importer should deal with it?with it?

• Wisconsin American GinsengWisconsin American Ginseng

Heavy Metal reportHeavy Metal report Pesticide Residual reportPesticide Residual report