FSVP, with a clear plan.
Review product and supplier information, identify documentation gaps, and define the next steps for your FSVP program.
Who it is for
U.S. importers that need to build, review or organize the documentation behind their Foreign Supplier Verification Program (FSVP), and international food suppliers that need documentation support for the importers they supply.
What it addresses
Records spread across people and systems
Product and supplier information that exists, but is hard to follow as one record.
Unclear gaps
No clear list of what is in place and what is missing.
No defined next step
A program that needs a plan, with responsibilities and timing, rather than a general intention.
What Clearance proposes to deliver
The final list is confirmed in the written scope for each engagement.
Review
A review of the product and supplier information you provide.
Gap list
A list of missing or incomplete documentation.
Next steps
A defined plan of next steps, with responsibilities.
Organized documentation
Where agreed in scope, documentation organized around identifiable sources and assumptions.
Inputs and exclusions
What you provide
- Product and supplier information
- Existing FSVP records, if any
- A contact who can answer questions
What is not included
- Any promise of FDA approval, an inspection result, or release of a shipment
- Legal advice or representation
- Attestation, audit or assurance reports
- Food-facility-registration U.S. agent services, customs importer-of-record services or customs brokerage
Process
Every engagement follows the same approach: understand the situation, agree the scope, develop the documentation, review the record, and plan the handover or ongoing support.
Need a U.S. FSVP representative?
Tell Clearance about your products and proposed import arrangement to discuss whether FSVP representation is appropriate and whether an engagement can be accepted.
FSVP representation inquiry
Representation requires a separate eligibility review and written agreement. An inquiry does not appoint Clearance as your FSVP importer.
Discuss FSVP representation
Technical training behind this work
The technical foundation behind Clearance includes completed FSPCA training in Foreign Supplier Verification Programs. Clearance sets the scope of any engagement in a written agreement.
Discuss your FSVP program.
Tell Clearance about your products, your role in the supply chain and the support you need. Include any relevant deadline. Clearance will review the inquiry and confirm whether the request fits the support available.