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Overview

• A Handbook for Requesting Information and Records from FDA

• FDA Electronic Freedom of Information Reading Room

• FDA Dockets Management (FDA official repository for adminstrative proceedings and rule-making documents)

Frequently Requested Food and Cosmetic Information that is Available on the CFSAN Web Site

• General Food and Cosmetic Information

  • Food and Cosmetic Guidance Documents
  • Imports and Exports
  • Inspections, Compliance, Enforcement and Recalls
  • Press Announcements

• Acidified and Low-Acid Canned Foods

  • FDA Requirements for Establishment Registration, Thermal Process Filing, and Good Manufacturing Practice for Low-Acid Canned Foods and Acidified Foods
  • Instructions for Establishing Registration and Processing Filing for Acidified and Low-Acid Canned Foods

• Biotechnology

  • Are Bioengineered Foods Safe?
  • Foods Derived from New Plant Varieties Derived through Recombinant DNA Technology--Final Consultations under FDA's 1992 Policy

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• Cooperative Federal/State Programs

  • 2001 Food Code
  • Interstate Milk Shippers Quarterly List
  • Interstate Certified Shellfish Shippers List

• Cosmetics

  • Cosmetic Information for Industry
  • Consumer Complaints About Cosmetic Products
  • Report on the Certification of Color Additives

• Dietary Supplements

  • Overview of Dietary Supplements
  • Special Nutritionals Adverse Event Monitoring System - Removed

• Food Additives

  • Guidance for Submitting Petitions for Approval of Food Additives, Color Additives, or Generally Recognized as Safe (GRAS) Substances

• Foodborne Illness

  • Bad Bug Book--Foodborne Pathogenic Microorganisms and Natural Toxins
  • Foodborne Illness Education Information Center FDA/USDA
  • Guide to Minimize Microbial Food Safety Hazards for Fresh Fruits and Vegetables
  • National Food Safety Programs

• Food Labeling

  • A Food Labeling Guide
  • Labeling Questions & Answers: Vol. #1
  • Labeling Questions & Answers: Vol. #2 A Guide for Restaurants and Other Retail Establishments
  • Small Business Food Labeling Exemption

• Pesticides

  • FDA Pesticide Program Residue Monitoring Reports
  • FDA's Total Diet Study Data and Reports

• Seafood

  • The Regulatory Fish Encyclopedia
  • The Seafood List
  • Guidance Documents for Trace Elements in Shellfish
  • Fish and Fishery Products Hazards and Control Guide
  • Seafood HACCP Regulations--Special Requirements for Imported Products
  • HACCP Training Programs and Resource Materials Database
  • HACCP Regulations for Fish and Fishery Products: Questions and Answers

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• International

  • Affirmative Agenda for International Activities
  • FDA's Codex Activities
  • U.S. Food Safety System Country Report