Compliance programs are documents prepared by FDA's Centers that provide guidance to the Agency's field offices in carrying out investigations, inspections, sample collections, sample analyses, and regulatory activities in defined program areas, such as domestic seafood and pesticides in domestic foods for example. CFSAN's compliance programs are usually issued for 3-year periods and are continuing programs, that is they are renewed, updated, and re-issued after each 3-year period. Some programs, however, are re-issued more frequently due to changes in priorities, procedures, regulatory concerns, etc. Compliance programs differ from field assignments in that field assignments are typically more focused, short-term activities.

CFSAN presently has about 25 compliance programs and all will soon be available on the website. The programs appearing on this internet site are publicly releasable versions of the complete Compliance Program documents. They have been reviewed by CFSAN's Freedom of Information Office and information not releasable under current FOI regulations has been removed. FDA Field Staff should use the complete version available on the FDA Intranet.

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Food Compliance Programs

• Import Acidified and Low-Acid Canned Foods Program (available in PDF*) (Implementation date 7/31/06)
• Domestic and Imported Cheese and Cheese Products
• National Drug Residue Milk Monitoring Program
• Domestic Food Safety Program (available in PDF*) (FY 07/08)
• Domestic Acidified and Low-Acid Canned Foods (also available in PDF*) (Updated on 3/17/2003)
• Molluscan Shellfish Compliance Program (available in PDF*) (Implementation date 9/5/06)
• Domestic Fish and Fishery Products (available in PDF*) (FY 08/09/10)
• Import Foods - General (available in PDF*) (Implementation date 9/5/06)
• Import Seafood Products Compliance Program (available in PDF*) (FY 07/08/09)
• Juice HACCP Inspection Program (available in PDF*) (FY 07/08/09)
• Pesticides and Industrial Chemicals in Domestic and Imported Foods (available in PDF*) (Implementation date 9/5/06)
• Chemotherapeutics in Seafood Compliance Program (available in PDF*) (FY 07/08)
• Toxic Elements in Food & Foodware - Import and Domestic (also available in PDF*) (Updated on 3/17/2003)
• Total Diet Study (available in PDF*) (Implementation date 10/1/06)
• Mycotoxins in Domestic and Imported Foods (available in PDF*) (FY 07/08)
• Imported Foods - Food and Color Additives (available in PDF*) (Implementation date 11/13/06)
• Retail Food Protection - State - FY 06/07 (available in PDF*) (Implementation date 9/5/06)
• Milk Safety Program (available in PDF*) (Implementation date 8/24/06)
• Interstate Travel Program - Conveyances and Support Facilities (available in PDF*) (Implementation date 10/1/06)
• Medical Foods - Import and Domestic (available in PDF*) (Implementation date 8/24/06)
• Domestic NLEA Nutrient Sample Analysis, and General Food Labeling Program (available in PDF*) (Implementation date 10/1/06)
• Infant Formula Program - Import and Domestic (available in PDF*) (Implementation date 7/31/06)
• Dietary Supplements - Import And Domestic - FY 02/03/04

Cosmetics Compliance Program

• Cosmetics Program; Import and Domestic (available in PDF*) - FY 07/08

*PDF Readers are available for free from the Adobe Acrobat web site.