---
kind: "unit"
title: "21"
title_heading: "Food and Drugs"
key: "chI/subchA/part1/subpartL"
level: "subpart"
label: "Subpart L"
heading: "Foreign Supplier Verification Programs for Food Importers"
release: "ecfr-current"
date: "2026-08-27"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/21/chI-subchA-part1-subpartL"
sections_count: 15
---

# Subpart L — Foreign Supplier Verification Programs for Food Importers

Title 21 C.F.R. — Food and Drugs › Chapter I — Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health and Human Services › Subchapter A — General › Part 1 — General Enforcement Regulations

## Sections

- [§1.500. What definitions apply to this subpart?](/cfr/21/1.500.md)
- [§1.501. To what foods do the requirements in this subpart apply?](/cfr/21/1.501.md)
- [§1.502. What foreign supplier verification program (FSVP) must I have?](/cfr/21/1.502.md)
- [§1.503. Who must develop my FSVP and perform FSVP activities?](/cfr/21/1.503.md)
- [§1.504. What hazard analysis must I conduct?](/cfr/21/1.504.md)
- [§1.505. What evaluation for foreign supplier approval and verification must I conduct?](/cfr/21/1.505.md)
- [§1.506. What foreign supplier verification and related activities must I conduct?](/cfr/21/1.506.md)
- [§1.507. What requirements apply when I import a food that cannot be consumed without the hazards being controlled or for which the hazards are controlled after importation?](/cfr/21/1.507.md)
- [§1.508. What corrective actions must I take under my FSVP?](/cfr/21/1.508.md)
- [§1.509. How must the importer be identified at entry?](/cfr/21/1.509.md)
- [§1.510. How must I maintain records of my FSVP?](/cfr/21/1.510.md)
- [§1.511. What FSVP must I have if I am importing a food subject to certain requirements in the dietary supplement current good manufacturing practice regulation?](/cfr/21/1.511.md)
- [§1.512. What FSVP may I have if I am a very small importer or I am importing certain food from certain small foreign suppliers?](/cfr/21/1.512.md)
- [§1.513. What FSVP may I have if I am importing certain food from a country with an officially recognized or equivalent food safety system?](/cfr/21/1.513.md)
- [§1.514. What are some consequences of failing to comply with the requirements of this subpart?](/cfr/21/1.514.md)