FSVP software that keeps your program inspection-ready.
The Foreign Supplier Verification Program asks importers to analyze hazards, evaluate and approve each foreign supplier, verify them on an ongoing basis, and produce records when FDA asks. DOSSA runs that whole cycle in one place — with AI assistance at every step and your Qualified Individual signing off on every determination.
Request accessAI-assisted hazard analysis, grounded in FDA's own sources.
DOSSA's hazard research is grounded in the FDA references inspectors actually use — PCHF Appendix 1, the Fish and Fishery Products Hazards Guidance, the Bad Bug Book, and CVM GFI #245 for animal food. The AI drafts per-product hazard lines from those sources; your Qualified Individual reviews and approves them.
- Hazard determinations derived from FDA reference data, not a hardcoded list
- Food category and product form drive the analysis — seafood, produce, animal food and more
- Re-run the research when a product or its process changes
- Nothing is final until a person reviews it — the QI stays in charge
Evaluate, approve, and verify every supplier.
Each supplier is evaluated and carries an explicit decision — Approved, Corrective Action Required, or Discontinued. Verification then runs per supplier and per product supplied, with the document evidence attached where an inspector would look for it.
- Supplier evaluations with explicit approval decisions and re-evaluation schedules
- Verification tracked per supplier–product relationship, the way 1.506 expects
- Document requirements per supplier, group, or product — gaps are always visible
- Corrective actions tracked from finding to closure (21 CFR 1.508)
When FDA asks, the records are ready.
FSVP is enforced through records requests. DOSSA generates a response package — professional PDF reports of your hazard analysis, evaluation, and verification history, bundled with the supplier's actual documents — instead of a week of assembling folders.
- One-click response package: reports plus the underlying supplier documents
- Every document keeps its review history — who verified it, and when
- A compliance view across the whole program, so gaps surface before an inspection does
Frequently asked questions
What is FSVP?
The Foreign Supplier Verification Program (21 CFR part 1, subpart L) is an FDA regulation under FSMA that requires U.S. importers to verify that their foreign suppliers produce food meeting U.S. safety standards — through hazard analysis, supplier evaluation and approval, ongoing verification activities, and records.
Who has to comply with FSVP?
Generally the U.S. owner or consignee of imported food for humans or animals — the 'FSVP importer' named at entry. Some categories are exempt or modified (for example certain seafood and juice facilities already under HACCP). Your Qualified Individual or counsel can confirm how the rule applies to your imports.
Does DOSSA replace my Qualified Individual?
No. DOSSA is a decision-support tool: it assembles the data, drafts the analysis, and keeps the records — but a Qualified Individual reviews, verifies, and approves every determination. The software never makes a regulatory decision on its own.
Where does the hazard analysis information come from?
From public FDA sources — PCHF Appendix 1, the Fish and Fishery Products Hazards Guidance, the Bad Bug Book, and CVM GFI #245 — vendored and versioned inside DOSSA, so an answer is stable, citable, and doesn't change because a website moved.
Can DOSSA handle document compliance beyond FSVP?
Yes. FSVP is a module on DOSSA's document-requirements foundation — the same system tracks any supplier document program, food or not, and the FSVP layer adds the regulatory workflow on top.
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