Food
Food Defense and Emergency Response
Guidance for Industry
Guidance documents contain nonbinding recommendations.
- Emergency Response
- Prior Notice of Food Imports
- Registration of Food Facilities
- Establishment and Maintenance of Records
- Administrative Detention
- Food and Cosmetic Security Preventive Measures Guidance
- ALERT
Emergency Response
Prior Notice of Food Imports
- Enforcement Policy Concerning Certain Prior Notice Requirements (June 2011)
- Compliance Policy Guide - Guidance for FDA and CBP Staff: Prior Notice of Imported Food (May 2009)
- Entry Types and Entry Identifiers - Prior Notice of Imported Food (April 7, 2005)
- Prior Notice of Imported Food Contingency Plan for System Outages (August 12, 2004)
- Prior Notice of Imported Food Questions and Answers (Edition 2) (May 3, 2004)
- What You Need to Know About Prior Notice of Imported Food Shipments (The other translation languages will be available soon) (November 25, 2003; Revised April 2009 and August 15, 2011)
- Prior Notice of Imported Food: Harmonized Tariff Schedule Codes Flagged with Prior Notice Indicators (August 26, 2004)
Registration of Food Facilities
- Draft Guidance for Industry: Necessity of the Use of Food Categories in Food Facility Registrations and Updates to Food Categories (August 2012)
- Questions and Answers Regarding Registration of Food Facilities (Edition 4) (August 6, 2004)
- Compliance Policy Guide - Guidance for FDA Staff: Registration of Food Facilities Under the Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act of 2002 (December 2003; Revised November 2004 and August 2006)
- What You Need to Know About Registration of Food Facilities (includes French and Spanish) (November 25, 2003)
Establishment and Maintenance of Records
- Draft Guidance for Industry: FDA Records Access Authority Under Sections 414 and 704 of the Federal Food, Drug, & Cosmetic Act (February 2012)
- Questions and Answers Regarding Establishment and Maintenance of Records By Persons Who Manufacture, Process, Pack, Transport, Distribute, Receive, Hold, or Import Food (Edition 5) (February 2012)
- Questions and Answers Regarding Establishment and Maintenance of Records (Edition 4) (September 21, 2006)
- Guidance for Records Access Authority Provided in Title III, Subtitle A, of the Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act of 2002 (November 2005)
- What You Need to Know About Establishment and Maintenance of Records (includes French and Spanish) (December 2004)
Administrative Detention
- What You Need to Know About Administrative Detention of Foods (October 2011)
- What You Need to Know About Administrative Detention of Foods (November 2004)
Food and Cosmetic Security Preventive Measures Guidance
- Cosmetics Processors and Transporters: Cosmetics Security Preventive Measures Guidance (October 2007)
This document also available :
中国 (Simplified Chinese PDF, 240KB)
中國 ( Traditional Chinese PDF, 255KB)
Retail Food Stores and Food Service Establishments: Food Security Preventive Measures Guidance (October 2007)
Dairy Farms, Bulk Milk Transporters, Bulk Milk Transfer Stations and Fluid Milk Processors Food Security Preventive Measures Guidance (October 2007)
This document also available in:
中国 (Simplified Chinese PDF, 240KB)
中國 (Traditional Chinese PDF, 151KB)
This document also available in:
中国 (Simplified Chinese PDF, 264KB)
中國 (Traditional Chinese PDF, 234KB)
- Food Producers, Processors, and Transporters: Food Security Preventive Measures Guidance (October 2007)
This document also available in:
中国 (Simplified Chinese PDF, 271KB)
中國 (Traditional - Chinese PDF, 244KB)
ALERT
- Letter to Industry, State and Local Food Regulators and Inspectors Regarding Web-based ALERT Training (February 22, 2007)