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Rates Up, Guidance Absent: FSMA Re-inspection User Fees On Hold

 
• By Malcolm Spicer

Without a guidance for requesting fee reductions, FDA will not bill firms for re-inspections of facilities found non-compliant with manufacturing regulations or for costs linked to a firm failing to comply with a recall order.

FDA user fees for re-inspecting dietary supplement production facilities will change in fiscal 2016, but not the program’s status – the agency will not impose the fees established in the Food Safety Modernization Act.

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