FDA

In an effort to combat the world of counterfeit drugs and keep patient safety top of mind, the Federal Drug Administration enacted the Drug Supply Chain Security Act, DSCSA, a phased approach to pharmaceutical serialization.

This white paper will discuss why serialization is a necessity for the integrity and visibility of pharmaceutical supply chains as well as three traits that are essential to successful serialization implementation.

This white paper investigates temperature control in the warehouse and transportation components of the supply chain, and also analyzes the traits of an efficient and effective temperature monitoring process.

Foreign Trade Zone activated in MD Logistics’ Midwest pharmaceutical hub.

A survey by the Contract Packaging Association revealed that 70% of contract packaging and contract manufacturing companies are concerned that the regulatory environment could negatively impact business in the coming years.

This consumer-focused “cold chain”—temperature controlled supply chain—is only a recent example of a decades-long push to perfect a global system of item level tracking in supply chain management.

Given the great risk if anything goes wrong, every element of the pharmaceutical supply chain must be held to extremely high standards.

Approximately 48 million people in the United States fall victim to foodborne illness each year, as reported by The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

In what can be viewed as a long time coming in some respects, freight transportation and logistics stakeholders involved in the transportation of food products will be working off of a new playbook in June. The coming changes stem from the United States Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) food safety rule, entitled the “Sanitary Transportation of Human and Animal Food” which was published in April 2016 and is part of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA).

Local 3PL MD Logistics expands operations to Reno, Nevada.

$2.5 million growth is effort to keep up with booming pharmaceutical industry.

Milestone Anniversary Marks Substantial Increases in Size, Employees and Revenue.

Large food companies with complex production chains have ingredients from farms and ranches all across the globe and their products processed in numerous plants; which leaves consumers with no idea where their food comes from.

Right now, all eyes are on the Food & Drug Administration’s (FDA) new Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) rules and how these regulations will impact shippers of both human and pet foods.

Signed into law by President Obama in 2011, the FSMA enables the FDA to better protect public health by strengthening the food safety system.