Preparation of Submissions to FDA for Food Contact Substances

Under the Premarket Notification for Food Contact Substances Program, the Office of Food Additive Safety is providing the following electronic forms for notifers to submit their notifications. The forms may be either printed and mailed to:

Alternatively, the template versions of FDA Form 3480 and FDA 3479 may be downloaded to the user's computer for data entry. The completed forms may be submitted by electronic mail to:

(Files are available in PDF format. The Adobe Reader (for PDF documents) is
available for free from the Adobe web site. Help for PDF and Template files)

• Notification for New Use of a Food Contact Substance under Premarket Notification

  •   FDA Form No. 3480:   PDF format   |   Word Template
    (Word Template includes additional continuation pages)

• Notification for the Use of a Food Contact Substance Formulation

  •   FDA Form No. 3479:   PDF Format   |   Word Template