Accredited Third-Party Certification Program and Voluntary Qualified Importer Program

General objective:

To sensitize government and private-sector officials in the Americas about the FSMA Accredited Third-Party Certification Program and the Voluntary Qualified Importer Program.

Presentations:

• FDA Third Party Accreditation Rule

Kenneth Nieves
International Policy Analyst
Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition
USFDA

• FDA’s Voluntary Qualified Importer Program

Doriliz De Leon
Voluntary Qualified Importer Program Co-Lead
USFDA

Relevant material and supporting documents:

The documents below are available in several foreign language(s). FDA offers these translations as a service to a broad international audience. We hope that you find these translations useful. While the agency has attempted to obtain translations that are as faithful as possible to the English version, we recognize that the translated versions may not be as precise, clear, or complete as the English version. The official version of these documents is the English version.

• The Key FACTS sheet
• The Model Accreditation Standards guidance document
• VQIP guidance document
• Fact Sheet on the Final Guidance for Industry for FDA’s Voluntary Qualified Importer Program
• VQIP application instructions