FDA posts revised compliance policy for food imports
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has published a revised compliance guide for food imports.
The guide is required under the 2002 Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act, and covers the FDA’s requirement of prior notice for food imported or offered for import into the United States.
The FDA revised the guide to complete the sections pertaining to routine shipments of food that are transshipped through the United States, arriving from and exiting to the same country, and regarding the Harmonized Tariff Schedule code that’s part of the planned shipment information.
To view the amended guide, access http://www.fda.gov/ora , and click onto “Compliance References.”