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FDA Food Code
The U. S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) publishes the Food Code,
a model that assists food control jurisdictions at all levels of government
by providing them with a scientifically sound technical and legal basis for
regulating the retail and food service segment of the industry (restaurants
and grocery stores and institutions such as nursing homes). Local, state, tribal,
and federal regulators use the FDA Food Code as a model to develop
or update their own food safety rules and to be consistent with national food
regulatory policy.
The Association of Food and Drug Officials (AFDO) reported in June 2005, that 48 of 56 States and territories have adopted food codes patterned after one of the five versions of the Food Code, beginning with the 1993 edition. Those 48 states and territories represent 79% of the U.S. population.
Between 1993 and 2001, the Food Code was issued in its current format, every two years. With the support of the Conference for Food Protection, FDA decided to move to a four-year interval between complete Food Code revisions. The 2005 Food Code is the first full-edition to publish since the 2001 edition. During the 4-year interim period, a Food Code Supplement that updates, modifies, or clarifies certain provisions was made available.
Obtaining the 2005 Food Code
Copies of the 1999 Food Code are available in the following
formats:
- 1999 Food Code in
HTML or PDF versions.
- Download the full 1999
Food Code in PDF format. (1Mb; 1.2Mb uncompressed)
(Obtain a PDF reader.)
- Word Perfect 6/7/8 version
compressed in self-extracting zip format (623Kb; 2Mb uncompressed)
(Download the file and run it - e.g., in Windows, double-click on the
file name - to get the 24 files comprising the Food Code;
contents.wpd is the table of contents.)
Note: These files were formatted using an HP LaserJet 4 printer. In
order to reproduce the document as originally formatted, use of an
HP LaserJet 4 printer is suggested when viewing or printing the
document.
- Printed copies and
computer disks from the National Technical Information Service,
5285 Port Royal Road, Springfield, VA 22161; Phone
703-605-6000 or 1-800-553-NTIS (6847)
- Spiral bound order number: PB99-115925
- Docutek order number: PB99-115917
- Electronic Edition on CD-ROM (also includes the Adobe Reader,
Draft HACCP Guide, and Plan Review Manual) order number: PB99-500506
- Electronic Edition on Diskette order number: PB99-501033
- WordPerfect on Diskette order number: PB99-501025
Copies of the 1997 Food Code are available in the following
formats:
- HTML version of the 1997 Food Code
- PDF version of the 1997 Food Code
(Obtain a PDF reader.)
- Part I: Introductions, Chapters 1-8,
Annex 1 (1.2 Mb)
- Part II: Annex 2-7 (1.4 Mb)
Note: The above files contain links to external files, such as
CFR references contained in the Food Code, that were intended to
work when loaded onto a pc and not over the
internet. Therefore, these external links do not work over the internet.
However, you may download the entire Food Code, below,
with the references, and use it locally on your hard drive if you
want to be able to access these additional file links.
- 1997 Food Code Electronic
Edition including associated references (e.g. CFR references) in PDF
format, compessed in zip format (5.0 Mb; 6.5 Mb unzipped)
- Word Perfect 6.1 version
compressed in zip format (636 Kb; 2.7Mb unzipped)
Note: These files were formatted using an HPIII LaserJet printer. In
order to reproduce the document as originally formatted, use of an
HPIII LaserJet printer is suggested when viewing or printing the
document.
- Printed copies and
computer disks from the National Technical Information Service
Status of Food Code Adoptions