Firm Announcements

FDA Issues New Bioterrorism Safety Final Regulations

Affects Nearly All Food Companies Doing Business in the U.S.

The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issue three final regulations and one interim final regulation implementing the Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act of 2002 (the Bioterrorism Act):

• Registration of food facilities
• Prior notice of imported foods
• Administrative detention of food
• Recordkeeping and records access

Read more about these important rules in executive summaries from Olsson Frank Weeda, P.C.

• Executive Summary on Registration of Food Facilities
• Executive Summary on Prior Notice of Food Imports
• Executive Summary on Administrative Detention
• Executive Summary on Recordkeeping and Records Access

Note: The interim final rule on registration of food facilities was made final without changes in 2005.

If you:

• Manufacture,
• Process,
• Pack,
• Hold,
• Distribute,
• Transport,
• Grow, or
• Import

food products for the United States market, these rules probably affect you.

Are you a foreign food facility? If so, you may need a U.S. agent. Visit U.S.A. Food Agents, LLC, a joint venture between Olsson Frank Weeda, P.C. and The Food Institute for more information.

To find out more: FDA Food Safety and Bioterrorism Initiative.

To learn more about the Bioterrorism Act and regulations, order Food Industry Users Guide to the Bioterrorism Act and Regulations from The Food Institute.