Food
Booklets Available on Bioterrorism Act of 2002 Legislation (SECG)
FDA Actions on Bioterroism Act of 2002 Legislation
Small Entity Compliance Guides
Guidance documents contain nonbinding recommendations.
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.
Registration:
What You Need to Know About Registration of Food Facilities (available in Arabic - العربية PDF, Chinese-Simplified - 中国 PDF, Chinese-Traditional - 中國 PDF, English PDF, French - Français PDF, Japanese - 日本 PDF, Korean - 한국의 PDF, Portuguese - Português PDF, and Spanish - Español PDF) November 2003
Prior Notice:
What You Need to Know About Prior Notice of Imported Food Shipments (PDF - 107KB) (The other translation languages will be available soon) November 2003; Revised April 2009 and August 15, 2011
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**.
Administrative Detention
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.
Administrative Detention: What You Need to Know About Administrative Detention of Foods (available in English PDF) November 2004
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 (Updated phone: 240-402-2804) 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.
Establishment and Maintenance of Records: What You Need to Know About Establishment and Maintenance of Records (available in Arabic - العربية PDF, Chinese-Simplified - 中国 PDF, Chinese-Traditional - 中國 PDF, English PDF, French - Français PDF, Japanese - 日本 PDF, Korean - 한국의 PDF, Portuguese - Português PDF, and Spanish - Español PDF) December 2004
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 (Updated phone: 240-402-2804) or 1-866-573-0846**.
See more Information on Protecting the Food Supply
Notice of Availability: Small Entity Compliance Guides on Registration of Food Facilities and Prior Notice of Imported Food (Federal Register, December 12, 2003)
Correction: Small Entity Compliance Guides on Registration of Food Facilities and Prior Notice of Imported Food (Federal Register, January 7, 2004)
**Phone numbers were updated June 2008.