The importation of food contact substances is subject to the FSVP regulation, but on January 4, 2018 FDA announced that it intends to exercise enforcement discretion for FSVP requirements for importers of food contact substances. This means that the agency does not intend to enforce FSVP requirements for food contact substances.
However, importers of food contact substances remain subject to the statutory prohibition against the introduction or delivery for introduction into interstate commerce of adulterated food (section 301(a) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 331(a)).
