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Protecting the Food Supply
FDA Actions on New Bioterrorism Legislation
New Rule on Administrative Detention
New Rules on Registration and Prior Notice
- HHS Issues New Rules to Enhance Security of the U.S. Food Supply
October 9, 2003
Some of the documents below are also available in
Arabic,
Chinese,
French,
Hindi,
Japanese,
Korean,
Malay,
Polish,
Portuguese,
Russian,
Spanish,
and
Thai
as noted.
- Registration of Food Facilities
-
Compliance Policy Guide: Guidance for FDA Staff December 2003
(Federal Register
Notice of Availability December 19, 2003)
- Compliance Information: Registration
September 22, 2004
- Fact Sheet: FDA's New Food Bioterrorism Regulation:
Interim Final Rule -- Registration of Food Facilities
October 2003
(also available in
French,
Malay,
Polish,
Portuguese,
Spanish,
Arabic (PDF*),
Chinese (PDF*),
Hindi (PDF*), and
Japanese (PDF*))
- Booklet (SECG): What You Need to Know About Registration of
Food Facilities November 2003
(also available in French and Spanish)
(Federal Register Notice of Availability
December 12, 2003)
- Interim Final Rule: Registration of
Food Facilities Under the Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act of 2002
October 10, 2003
- Slide Presentation: Overview of Registration Interim
Final Rule Implementing the
Bioterrorism Act October 15, 2003
(also available in
Arabic,
French,
Malay,
and
Spanish)
- Guidance for Industry: Necessity of the Use of
Food Product Categories in Registration of Food Facilities
July 2003
- Guidance for Industry: Questions and Answers Regarding
Registration of Food Facilities
(Edition 4) August 6, 2004
(Federal Register Notice of
Availability August 6, 2004)
- Press Release: FDA Introduces New Technology to Improve
Food Security: Electronic Food Facility Registration Goes "Live" October
16, 2003
- How To Register
- Prior Notice of Imported Food Shipments
- Guidance for Industry: Prior Notice of Imported Food Contingency Plan for System Outages August 12, 2004
(Federal Register Notice of
Availability August 16, 2004)
- Press Release:
FDA and CBP Define Their Transitional Compliance Policy on Food
Imports Under the Bioterrorism Act December 11, 2003
- Press Release:
FDA and CBP Bolster Safeguards on Imported Food December 3,
2003
- Joint FDA-CBP Plan
for Increasing Integration and Assessing the Coordination of Prior Notice Timeframes
August 2004
- Fact Sheet: FDA'S New Food Bioterrorism Regulation:
Interim Final Rule - Prior Notice of Imported Food Shipments
October 2003
(also available in
French,
Malay,
Polish,
Portuguese,
Spanish,
Arabic (PDF*),
Chinese (PDF*),
Hindi (PDF*), and
Japanese (PDF*))
- Flyer - Notice to Truckers: New FDA Regulations
Will Affect Imported Food Shipments November 2003
(also available in Spanish)
- Flyer - Notice to Importers and Filers: New FDA Regulations
Will Affect Imported Food Shipments November 2003
- Booklet (SECG): What You Need to Know About Prior Notice
of Imported Food Shipments November 2003
(also available in French and Spanish)
(Federal Register Notice of Availability
December 12, 2003)
- Interim Final Rule: Prior Notice of Imported Food
Under the Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act of 2002 October 10, 2003
- Slide Presentation: Overview of Prior Notice
Interim Final Rule Implementing the Bioterrorism Act October 15, 2003
(also available in
Arabic,
French,
Malay,
and
Spanish)
- Guidance for Industry: Prior Notice of Imported Food:
Questions and Answers (Edition 2) May 3, 2004
(
Federal Register Notice of Availability May 3, 2004 (available in
PDF))
-
Revised August 26, 2004
Guidance for Industry: Prior Notice of Imported Food: Harmonized
Tariff Schedule Codes Flagged with Prior Notice Indicators August 26, 2004
- How to Submit Prior Notice
Slide Presentation: New FDA Rules Implementing the
Bioterrorism Act of 2002 - Overview of Registration and Prior Notice Interim Final Rules April 2004
(also available in Korean)
- Videos: FDA's Implementation of the Bioterrorism Act: An update with Leslye Fraser March 2004
(27:22 min) (Requires Real Player or Windows Media Player)
(also in captioned English, Chinese, French, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, and Thai)
- October 28, 2003 Satellite Broadcast on Registration and Prior
Notice
(Discussion of interim final rules)
-
Bioterrorism Outreach Meetings For Asia (April 2004):
"What You Need to Know to Ensure Compliance With the New
FDA Bioterrorism Act Registration and Prior Notice Final Rules"
April 2004
-
Domestic Outreach Meetings (March & April 2004):
FDA Updates - "What You Need to Know to Ensure Compliance With the New
FDA Bioterrorism Act Registration and Prior Notice Final Rules"
February 2004
- Risk Assessment for Food Terrorism and Other Food Safety
Concerns October 7, 2003
May 2003
May 2004: See New Rule on Administrative Detention
See also Background Information on Protecting the Food Supply
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