The Acheson Group (TAG) is one of the most informed consulting firms around FSMA. Led by Dr. David Acheson, who was the former FDA Assoc…

In follow-up to last week’s newsletter, “TAG’s Top 10: The Food Industry in 2016,” we end the old year with a look at the new year and wh…

2016. It was another eventful year for the food and beverage industry. From the farm – through manufacturers, processors, packers, distri…

Have you ever had a customer complain right to the FDA about a quality or safety aspect of your product? Have there been any “adverse eve…

In last week’s newsletter, we discussed the storms that can rage when an FDA environmental swabbing detects a pathogen, and how environme…

The March 30, 2016, headline in Virginia’s Progress-Index newspaper raved “Sabra and hummus take the nation by storm.” Seven months later…

In last week’s newsletter, we provided an overview of FDA’s new Voluntary Qualified Importer Program (VQIP) final guidance and what it me…

The “early alert” memorandum on FDA’s lack of an efficient, effective recall-initiation process that was issued by the Office of the Insp…

It’s finally here! For all those who import food and have been waiting and wondering if you qualify for the Voluntary Qualified Importer …