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Protecting the Food Supply
FDA Actions on New Bioterrorism Legislation
November 7, 2008:
Final Rule:
Prior Notice of Imported Food Under the Public Health Security and
Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act of 2002
October 2008: Draft Compliance Policy Guide -
Guidance for FDA and CBP Staff (Prior Notice of Imported Food)
October 2008:
Compliance Information: Registration
New Rule on Establishment and Maintenance of Records
New Rule on Administrative Detention
New Rules on Registration and Prior Notice
- HHS Issues New Rules to Enhance Security of the U.S. Food Supply
October 9, 2003
Some of the documents below are also available in
Arabic,
Chinese,
French,
Hindi,
Japanese,
Korean,
Malay,
Polish,
Portuguese,
Russian,
Spanish,
and Thai as noted.
- Registration of Food Facilities
-
Compliance Policy Guide: Guidance for FDA Staff
August 2006
- Compliance Information: Registration
October 29, 2008
- Fact Sheet: FDA's New Food Bioterrorism Regulation:
Final Rule -- Registration of Food Facilities
October 2003
(also available in
French,
Malay,
Polish,
Portuguese,
Spanish,
Arabic (PDF*),
Chinese (PDF*),
Hindi (PDF*), and
Japanese (PDF*))
- Booklet (SECG): What You Need to Know About Registration of
Food Facilities November 2003
(also available in French and Spanish)
(Federal Register Notice of Availability
December 12, 2003)
- Final Rule: Registration of
Food Facilities Under the Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act of 2002
October 3, 2005
- Slide Presentation: Overview of Registration Interim
Final Rule Implementing the
Bioterrorism Act October 15, 2003
(also available in
Arabic,
French,
Malay,
and
Spanish)
- Guidance for Industry: Necessity of the Use of
Food Product Categories in Registration of Food Facilities
July 2003
- Guidance for Industry: Questions and Answers Regarding
Registration of Food Facilities
(Edition 4) August 6, 2004
(Federal Register Notice of
Availability August 6, 2004)
- Press Release: FDA Introduces New Technology to Improve
Food Security: Electronic Food Facility Registration Goes "Live" October
16, 2003
- How To Register
- Prior Notice of Imported Food Shipments
- Final Rule
- Guidance for Industry: Prior Notice of Imported Food Contingency Plan for System Outages August 12, 2004
(Federal Register Notice of
Availability August 16, 2004)
- Press Release:
FDA and CBP Define Their Transitional Compliance Policy on Food
Imports Under the Bioterrorism Act December 11, 2003
- Press Release:
FDA and CBP Bolster Safeguards on Imported Food December 3,
2003
- Joint FDA-CBP Plan
for Increasing Integration and Assessing the Coordination of Prior Notice Timeframes
August 2004
- Fact Sheet: FDA's New Food Bioterrorism Regulation:
Interim Final Rule - Prior Notice of Imported Food Shipments
October 2003
(also available in
French,
Malay,
Polish,
Portuguese,
Spanish,
Arabic (PDF*),
Chinese (PDF*),
Hindi (PDF*), and
Japanese (PDF*))
- Flyer - Notice to Truckers: New FDA Regulations
Will Affect Imported Food Shipments November 2003
(also available in Spanish)
- Flyer - Notice to Importers and Filers: New FDA Regulations
Will Affect Imported Food Shipments November 2003
- Booklet (SECG): What You Need to Know About Prior Notice
of Imported Food Shipments November 2003
(also available in French and Spanish)
(Federal Register Notice of Availability
December 12, 2003)
- Interim Final Rule: Prior Notice of Imported Food
Under the Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act of 2002 October 10, 2003
- Slide Presentation: Overview of Prior Notice
Interim Final Rule Implementing the Bioterrorism Act October 15, 2003
(also available in
Arabic,
French,
Malay,
and
Spanish)
- Guidance for Industry: Prior Notice of Imported Food:
Questions and Answers (Edition 2) May 3, 2004
(
Federal Register Notice of Availability May 3, 2004 (available in
PDF))
- Guidance for Industry: Prior Notice of Imported Food: Harmonized
Tariff Schedule Codes Flagged with Prior Notice Indicators August 26, 2004
- Guidance for
Industry: Entry Types and Entry Identifiers - Prior Notice of
Imported Food April 7, 2005
- International Mail: Sending Food
Through International Mail October 2004
Selected Excerpts from the Prior Notice Interim
Final Rule, Guidance Documents, and Fact Sheets
- Gift Packs:
Importing Gift Packs and Prior Notice November 2004
- Sending Gifts
to Your Friends and Family: Prior Notice Policy December 2004
- Information
Sheets- Shipments of Food that Appear to be for Commercial
Purposes December 2004
- How to Submit Prior Notice
Slide Presentation: New FDA Rules Implementing the
Bioterrorism Act of 2002 - Overview of Registration and Prior Notice Interim Final Rules April 2004
(also available in Korean)
- Videos: FDA's Implementation of the Bioterrorism Act: An update with Leslye Fraser March 2004
(27:22 min) (Requires Real Player or Windows Media Player)
(also in captioned English, Chinese, French, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, and Thai)
- October 28, 2003 Satellite Broadcast on Registration and Prior
Notice
(Discussion of interim final rules)
-
Bioterrorism Outreach Meetings For Asia (April 2004):
"What You Need to Know to Ensure Compliance With the New
FDA Bioterrorism Act Registration and Prior Notice Final Rules"
April 2004
-
Domestic Outreach Meetings (March & April 2004):
FDA Updates - "What You Need to Know to Ensure Compliance With the New
FDA Bioterrorism Act Registration and Prior Notice Final Rules"
February 2004
- Risk Assessment for Food Terrorism and Other Food
Safety Concerns October 7, 2003
See also Background Information on Protecting the Food Supply
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