Three NJ Importers Issued Warning Letters for Not Having FSVP For Imported Food Items

 FDA issued Warning Letters to the following companies for not have a FSVP, or Foreign Supplier Verification Program.  This program is required for imported products to ensure that those products were produced to meet US regulatory standards.  It is the responsibility of the US-based importer or other US company designated as the FSVP importer to have this program in place.

JR & Son World Trading LLC of Iselin, NJ did not have a FSVP for imported products in including Guava Paste, Coconut Water with Pulp and Frozen Yellow Pepper Dices.

My Habitat Brands, LLC of Dayton, NJ did not have a FSVP for imported chocolate bar and chocolate dairy mix and botanas puffed snack.

Vibrant Enterprise, LLC, of North Brunswick, New Jersey did not have a FSVP for imported Tamarind Paste, Chatpata Chaat Makhana Pops (Roasted Foxnuts) and Kesar Mango Pulp.  Some of the products 
were canned items which would require verification that the items were packed in accordance with the low acid canned foods regulation (21CFRPart113).

From the Warning letter, "During our inspection you told our investigator that you did not maintain records of any food you import, only requested documents as needed from your foreign suppliers, and did not review the documents. You provided records you received to the investigator on July 23, 2020, including three food safety plans from (b)(4). In so much as you intend to use a foreign supplier’s food safety plans to meet your obligations under the FSVP regulation, you did not provide FDA any evidence you reviewed these records and you told our investigator that you did not review the food safety plans. " Also found that they were not necessarily focusing efforts on the manufacturer, but the company who was buying from other manufacturers and merely labeling the product.