FDA Actions on New Bioterrorism Legislation

Small Entity Compliance Guides

Booklets Available on Registration of Food Facilities and Prior Notice of Imported Food Shipments

FDA has published the two 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. Copies may be requested by calling 1-800-216-7331 or 301-575-0156 or by faxing a request to 301-210-0247.

You may also get the booklets electronically:

• Registration: What You Need to Know About Registration of Food Facilities (available in English PDF*, French PDF* and Spanish PDF* ) November 2003
• Prior Notice: What You Need to Know About Prior Notice of Imported Food Shipments (available in English PDF*, French PDF* and Spanish PDF*) November 2003

See more Information on Protecting the Food Supply

*PDF Readers are available for free from the Adobe Acrobat web site.