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Ref : EIC 111/2/19

10 June 2014

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 548/2014

US : FDA Updates Compliance Policy Guide on Food Facility Registration – Human and Animal Food

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced in the Federal Register (FR) of 3 June 2014 the availability of an updated "Compliance Policy Guide on Food Facility Registration– Human and Animal Food" (CPG).  The relevant FR notice is available at http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2014-06-03/pdf/2014-12786.pdf.

DETAILS

2. The CPG provides guidance regarding enforcement of the food facility registration provisions of section 415 of the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, including the requirement that certain food facilities register with FDA, the requirement that registered facilities biennially renew their registrations with FDA, and FDA's authority to suspend facility registrations.  The CPG is available at FDA's website:
http://www.fda.gov/downloads/ICECI/ComplianceManuals/CompliancePolicyGuidanceManual/UCM399369.pdf.

ENQUIRIES

3.For enquiries concerning this circular, please contact Mr Lewis LAU at telephone number 2398 5405.

Yours faithfully,

(Miss Janice LAU)
for Director-General of Trade and Industry
 

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