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Overview & BackgroundPress Release (Oct. 9, 2003) Prior Notice Fact Sheet Prior Notice Booklet Guidance for Industry: Questions and Answers (Edition 2) (May 2004) Guidance for Industry: Contingency Plan for System Outages (August 2004) Interim Final Rule (Oct. 10, 2003) Corrections to Interim Final Rule (also available in PDF) Sending Food Through International Mail Selected Excerpts: Sending Food Gifts Through International Mail Compliance Policy Guide (November 2, 2004) Compliance Summary Information (August 12, 2004) FDA and CBP Bolster Safeguards on Imported Food Joint FDA-CBP Plan for Increasing Integration and Assessing the Coordination of Prior Notice Timeframes (August 12, 2004)Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) Codes Flagged with Prior Notice Indicators (August 26, 2004) Product Code Builder Tutorial Help Desk Related Information from FDAThe Bioterrorism Act of 2002 FDA Actions on New Bioterrorism Legislation Compliance Information: Registration
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Nearly 20% of all imports into the U.S. are food and food products. In 2002 Congress passed the Bioterrorism Act as a part of its ongoing effort to combat terrorism - in this instance, by reducing the ability for international terrorists to carry out terrorist attacks in the U.S. by contaminating imported foods.
The Act requires that FDA receive prior notice before food is imported or offered for import into the United States. Advance notice of import shipments allows FDA, with the support of the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection (CBP), to target import inspections more effectively and help protect the nation's food supply against terrorist acts and other public health emergencies.
On October 9, 2003 the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued two new FDA rules to enhance the security of the food supply (See press release.)
Under the prior notice regulation issued, prior notice must be provided for food products entering the United States beginning December 12, 2003. Prior notice can be provided in one of two ways:
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- Step-by-Step Web System Instructions for
Articles sent by International Mail (Updated August 2004)
- Step-by-Step Web System Instructions for PNSI (Updated August 2004)
Protecting the Food Supply
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