Background Information on
FDA Food and Cosmetic International / Foreign Language Documents and Videos

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Food Safety Programs - Background

• Draft Guidance: Guide to Minimize Microbial Food Safety Hazards for Fresh Fruits and Vegetables: April 13, 1998 (English) (French) (Spanish)
  
  
• See Current Information on Food Safety Programs

Bioterrorism - Background

• December 2003 Interim Final Rule - Prior Notice
  • Compliance Policy Guide: Guidance for FDA and CBP Staff: December 2003 (English) (Spanish) (French)
• May 2003 Proposed Food Safety Regulations - Administrative Detention and Recordkeeping
  • FDA Issues Final Two Proposed Food Safety Regulations: Press Release, May 6, 2003 (English) (Spanish) (French)
  • Proposed Regulation: Administrative Detention (English) (Spanish) (French)
  • Proposed Regulations: Establishment and Maintenance of Records: May 2003 (English) (Spanish) (French)
  • Overview of Records and Administrative Detention Proposed Regulations Implementing the Bioterrorism Act (Slide Presentation): May 7, 2003 (English (Spanish)
  • Transcript of Satellite Broadcast on Recordkeeping and Administrative Detention: May 7, 2003 (English) (Spanish)
  • Video of May 7, 2003 Satellite Broadcast (English, Captioned English, French and Spanish)
    
    
• January 2003 Proposed Food Safety Regulations - Registration and Prior Notice
  • FDA Actions on New Bioterrorism Legislation: January 2003 (English) (Spanish) (French) (Bulgarian (PDF*)) (Croatian (PDF*)) (Czech (PDF*)) (Hungarian (PDF*)) (Polish (PDF)*) (Romanian (PDF*)) (Russian (PDF*)) (Serbian (Cyrillic) (PDF*)) (Slovak (PDF*)) (Slovene (PDF*)) (Ukrainian (PDF*))
  • Transcript of January 29, 2003 Satellite Broadcast (English) (French) (Spanish)
  • Errata Sheet For the Official Transcript of the Satellite Broadcast (English) (French) (Spanish)
  • Video of January 29, 2003 Satellite Broadcast (available in English, Captioned English, French and Spanish)
  • Proposed Regulation: Registration of Food Facilities: January 2003 (English) (Spanish) (French)
  • FDA Proposes Regulation for Registering Food Facilities: January 29, 2003 (English) (Spanish) (French)
  • Proposed Regulation: Prior Notice of Imported Food Shipments: January 2003 (English) (Spanish) (French)
  • Prior Notice of Imported Food Shipments Proposal: January 29, 2003 (English) (Spanish) (French)
  
  
• FDA's Regulations on Protecting the Food Supply - Information on the Proposed Rules provided by the US Embassy in Vietnam
  • Prior Notice Requirements on Food Imports from FDA, June 4, 2003 (available in Vietnamese)
  • Proposed Record-Keeping Regulations from FDA, May 15, 2003 (available in Vietnamese)
  • Proposed Detention Regulations from FDA, May 15, 2003 (available in Vietnamese)
  • Will Your Food Company be Affected by the New United States Bioterrorism Law?, September 2002 (available in Vietnamese)
  • Protecting the Food Supply: FDA Actions on New Bioterrorism Legislation, June 12, 2002 (available in Vietnamese)
  
  
• See Current Information on Bioterrorism

Current Information on FDA Food and Cosmetic International / Foreign Language Documents and Videos)

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