FDA Releases Data on Food Facility Inspection Violations for 2020
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has released its annual Inspection Observation Data for 2020, and violations on the Foreign Supplier Verification Programs have increased. These have been increasing year-by-year since 2017, when the FDA began tracking the violations; in Fiscal Year 2017, there were 108, but by FY2020, the number of violations had increased to 514.
Under FSMA, FDA requires the majority of food importers to develop and maintain foreign supplier verification programs for their suppliers. This helps to make sure that suppliers are remaining compliant, and also producing products safely.