Food Defense and Emergency Response

Guidance for Industry

Guidance documents contain nonbinding recommendations.

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Prior Notice of Food Imports

• 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 (November 25, 2003; Revised April 2009)
• Prior Notice of Imported Food: Harmonized Tariff Schedule Codes Flagged with Prior Notice Indicators (August 26, 2004)

Registration of Food Facilities

• 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)
• Necessity of the Use of Food Product Categories in Registration of Food Facilities (July 17, 2003)
• What You Need to Know About Registration of Food Facilities (November 25, 2003)

Establishment and Maintenance of Records

• 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 (December 2004)

Administrative Detention

• 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)
• 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)
• Importers and Filers: Food Security Preventive Measures Guidance (October 2007)
• Food Producers, Processors, and Transporters: Food Security Preventive Measures Guidance (October 2007)

ALERT

• Letter to Industry, State and Local Food Regulators and Inspectors Regarding Web-based ALERT Training (February 22, 2007)