The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) signed an arrangement with the Australian Department of Agriculture and Water Resources recognizing each other’s food safety systems as comparable to each other. For FSVP (Food Safety Verification Programs) purposes, the agreement means importers of food from Australia that are covered under the agreement are exempt from most standard FSVP requirements.  The FDA Notice is available at: https://www.fda.gov/Food/NewsEvents/ConstituentUpdates/ucm553382.htm