How to Request Information or
Make a Freedom of Information Request

Overview

• A Handbook for Requesting Information and Records from FDA
• FDA Electronic Freedom of Information Reading Room
  • Frequently Requested Records
• FDA Dockets Management (FDA official repository for adminstrative proceedings and rule-making documents)

• Final Opinions

  • Departmental Appeals Board Decisions

• Policy Statements

  • HHS Policy for Records Management
  • HHS Policy for Improving Race and Ethnicity Data

• Administrative Staff Manuals

  • HHS Administrative Manuals

Frequently Requested Food and Cosmetic Information that is Available on the CFSAN Web Site

• General Food and Cosmetic Information

  • New Rules to Protect Food Supply
    • Registration of Food Facilities
    • Prior Notice of Imported Food Shipments
  • Food and Cosmetic Guidance Documents
  • Exporting Food and Cosmetics from the United States
  • Importing Food and Cosmetics into the United States
  • Inspections, Compliance, Enforcement and Recalls
  • HACCP (Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point)
  • National Food Safety Programs
  • Press Announcements
  • Hurricane Recovery Updates

• Acidified and Low-Acid Canned Foods

  • Acidified and Low-Acid Canned Foods
  • FDA Requirements for Establishment Registration, Thermal Process Filing, and Good Manufacturing Practice for Low-Acid Canned Foods and Acidified Foods
  • LACF Electronic Process Filing System

• Biotechnology

  • National Research Council Report: Safety of Genetically Engineered Foods: Approaches to Assessing Unintended Health Effects (available in PDF)
  • Biotechnology
  • Foods Derived from New Plant Varieties Derived through Recombinant DNA Technology--Final Consultations under FDA's 1992 Policy

• Cooperative Federal/State Programs

  • 2005 Food Code
  • Interstate Milk Shippers Quarterly List
  • Interstate Certified Shellfish Shippers List

• Color Additives

  • Report on the Certification of Color Additives

• Cosmetics

  • Cosmetic Information for Industry
  • Consumer Complaints About Cosmetic Products
  • Voluntary Cosmetic Registration Program (VCRP)

• Dietary Supplements

  • Overview of Dietary Supplements
  • Industry Information
  • Labeling Regulationss
  • Label Claims
    • Qualified Health Claims

• Food Allergens

  • Information About Food Allergens

• Food Ingredients and Packaging

  • Guidance and Reference Documents for Food and Color Additive Petitions and Notifications
  • Information for Industry

• Foodborne Illness & National Food Safety Programs

  • Bad Bug Book--Foodborne Pathogenic Microorganisms and Natural Toxins
  • Product & Pathogen Specific Initiatives
  • Produce & Import Safety Initiative
  • Risk Assessment
  • National Food Safety Programs

• Food Labeling

  • Industry Information, Guidance & Regulations
  • Label Claims
    • Qualified Health Claims
  • Specific Topics and Categories
  • Consumer Nutrition & Health Information

• Pesticides

  • Pesticides and Chemical Contaminants
  • FDA's Total Diet Study: Data and Reports

• Seafood

  • Seafood Information & Resources
  • The Regulatory Fish Encyclopedia
  • The Seafood List
  • Guidance Documents for Trace Elements in Shellfish
  • Seafood HACCP
  • HACCP Regulations for Fish and Fishery Products: Questions and Answers

• International

  • International / Codex / Other Languages
  • Affirmative Agenda for International Activities
  • U.S. Food Safety System Country Report