FDA released a report on their inspection activity during the pandemic, โResiliency Roadmap for FDA Inspectional Oversight,โ with projections for a return to normal pet food facility inspection routines.
At the onset of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in the United States,ย the U.S. Food and Drug Administrationย halted routine inspections to focus only on those defined as mission critical by the agency. For pet food producers, this included inspections triggered when FDA reasonably believed that a facility had serious pet food manufacturing problems or to investigate a specific problem orย pet food complaintย that came to FDAโs attention. From March through September 2020, FDA conducted seven mission-critical inspections of animal food facilities. Between October 2020 and March 2021, the agency conducted a further 19. Read more.
Wall, Tim. โFDA Plan for Pet Food Facility Inspections Post-Pandemic.โ PetfoodIndustrycom RSS, PetfoodIndustry.com, 10 May 2021, http://www.petfoodindustry.com/articles/10263-fda-plan-for-pet-food-facility-inspections-post-pandemic.
