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Protecting the Food
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FDA Actions on New Bioterrorism Legislation |
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Fact Sheet
on FDA'S New Food Bioterrorism
Regulation:
Interim Final Rule - Prior Notice of Imported Food
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 The
Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act of 2002
(the Bioterrorism Act) requires that FDA receive prior notice of food imported
into the United States, beginning on December 12, 2003. Most of the prior notice
information required by the interim final rule is data usually provided by
importers or brokers to the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection (CBP) when
foods arrive in the United States. Now, the Bioterrorism Act requires that
this information also be provided to FDA in advance of an imported food's
arrival to the United States. FDA will use this information in advance of the
arrival to review, evaluate, and assess the information, and determine whether
to inspect the imported food. FDA and CBP have collaborated on the
implementation of the prior notice interim final rule. Nearly all of the current
imported food shipments can comply by using CBP's Automated Broker Interface of
the Automated Commercial System (ABI/ACS). Prior notice can be submitted either
through ABI/ACS or FDA's Prior Notice (PN) System Interface beginning December
12, 2003.
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