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Protecting the Food Supply

October 2003; Updated March 2005**

FDA Actions on New Bioterrorism Legislation

Booklets Available on New Bioterrorism Legislation

Registration and Prior Notice
Administrative Detention
Establishment and Maintenance of Records

 

Registration and Prior Notice Small Entity Compliance Guides

FDA has published the two Small Entity Compliance Guides as booklets, What You Need to Know About Registration of Food Facilities and What You Need to Know About Prior Notice of Imported Food Shipments, which cover the key points of the two new interim final regulations for manufacturing/processing, packing and holding facilities, and for importers, filers, and brokers of imported food.

Additional copies may be requested by calling 1-800-216-7331 or 301-575-0156 or by faxing a request to 301-436-2804 or 1-866-573-0846**.

 

FDA has published the booklet What You Need to Know About Administrative Detention of Foods to inform food manufacturers, processors, packers, transporters, importers, and exporters about a new FDA bioterrorism regulation that is in effect.

Additional copies of the English booklet may be requested by calling 1-800-216-7331 or 301-575-0156 or by faxing a request to 301-436-2804 or 1-866-573-0846**.

 

Establishment and Maintenance of Records Small Entity Compliance Guide

FDA has published the Small Entity Compliance Guide as a booklet, What You Need to Know About Establishment and Maintenance of Records to inform domestic persons in the U.S. that manufacture, process, pack, transport, distribute, receive, hold or import food; foreign persons that transport food; and persons who place food directly in contact with its finished container about a new FDA bioterrorism regulation that is in effect.

Additional copies of the English booklet may be requested by calling 1-800-216-7331 or 301-575-0156 or by faxing a request to 301-436-2804 or 1-866-573-0846**.

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*PDF Readers are available for free from the Adobe Acrobat web site.
**Phone numbers were updated June 2008.


Correction: Small Entity Compliance Guides on Registration of Food Facilities and Prior Notice of Imported Food
Notice of Availability: Small Entity Compliance Guides on Registration of Food Facilities and Prior Notice of Imported Food

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