Compliance Assistance

About this sector

The food processing sector covers commercial manufacturing that starts with raw animal, vegetable or marine materials and transforms them into food stuffs or edible products such as dairy, meat, vegetable,bakery, grain and cereals. The Department of Commerce formerly classified this industry under the 1987 Standard Industrial Classification code 20; the sector is now classified under the 1997 North American Industry Classification System as 311.

Additional Compliance Assistance information is provided based by statute (e.g. Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act) or through compliance incentives and auditing. Note that multiple statutes may apply to your entity. Information on EPA's compliance monitoring program also is organized by statutory programs. All regulated entities may be subject to EPA's statutory and civil enforcement program.

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Tools and information on how to comply

The following list of resources focuses on federal regulations and is not exhaustive. Additional resources may be available from other parts of EPA or from other federal, state or local agencies.

National Compliance Assistance Clearinghouse links to public and private compliance assistance materials. Users may post documents and interact with assistance providers, both within and outside of EPA. The Clearinghouse allows users to search for relevant material on new and existing regulations, pollution prevention opportunities, and voluntary programs that were created by other parts of EPA, other federal agencies, tribes, states and local agencies, industry and other organizations.

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