Dietary supplement importers need to verify and document their supplier’s compliance with dietary supplement current Good Manufacturing Practices. This is a modified form of FDA’s Foreign Supplier Verification Program (FSVP). Let us help you build your FVSP.
Under the Food Safety Modernization Act (“FSMA”), U.S. importers must create and maintain a Foreign Supplier Verification Program (“FSVP”). Under their FSVP, the U.S. importer must approve its foreign suppliers and document verification activities they have performed to verify their supplier’s compliance with the applicable food safety regulations.
Importers of dietary supplements are required to have an FSVP, because dietary supplements are a subset of food. However, unlike food importers who must verify compliance with FSMA mandated Preventive Controls, Food Safety Plans, Product Safety Rules, and/or food GMPs (or their equivalents), dietary supplement importers must verify their foreign supplier’s compliance with supplement cGMPs.
Dietary supplements manufacturers must run their operation in conformity with FDA’s current Good Manufacturing Practices for Dietary Supplements. These requirements focus on quality control and conformance with the supplement’s master manufacturing record. We can provide expert help getting your cGMPs right!
cCGMPs are the set of regulations promulgated by FDA to ensure the quality and safety of dietary supplements. 21 C.F.R., Part 111. cGMPs cover several areas of dietary supplement production including: (1) personnel, equipment, and manufacturing plant sanitation, (2) quality control, (3) packaging and labeling, (4) Master Manufacturing Records, (5) laboratory operations, (6) manufacturing operations, (7) holding and distribution, (8) returns, (9) complaint handling, and (10) record keeping.
Master Manufacturing Record (MMR) – The MMR lists the product and process specs. It identifies specifications for the steps in the process where it is necessary to control for quality and for ensuring that the supplement is properly packaged and labeled.
U.S. Regulations Require All Food Facilities (E.G., That Manufacture, Process, Pack, Or Hold Food, Beverages, Or Dietary Supplements For And Food Facilities Located Outside The United States Must Designate A U.S. Agent.