Imports & Exports Guidance Documents & Regulatory Information
Guidance documents contain nonbinding recommendations.
General
- Guidance: Temporary Policy Regarding Accredited Third-Party Certification Program Onsite Observation and Certificate Duration Requirements Due to COVID-19 (Updated July 2023)
- Guidance: Temporary Policy Regarding Preventive Controls and FSVP Food Supplier Verification Onsite Audit Requirements Due to COVID-19 (Updated July 2023)
- Guidance: Foreign Supplier Verification Programs for Importers of Food for Humans and Animals (January 2023)
- Guidance: Laboratory Accreditation for Analyses of Foods - What You Need to Know; Small Entity Compliance Guide (October 2022)
- Guidance: Infant Formula Transition Plan for Exercise of Enforcement Discretion (September 2022)
- Guidance: Infant Formula Enforcement Discretion Policy (May 2022)
- Draft Guidance: The Accredited Third-Party Certification Program: Questions and Answers (April 2022)
- Guidance: Compliance with Providing an Acceptable Unique Facility Identifier for the Foreign Supplier Verification Programs for Food Importers Regulation (Revised April 2022)
- Guidance: FDA's Voluntary Qualified Importer Program (Revised March 2022)
- Guidance: Third-Party Auditor/Certification Body Accreditation for Food Safety Audits: Model Accreditation Standards (Revised February 2022)
- Final Rule: Laboratory Accreditation for Analyses of Foods (LAAF) (December 2021)
- Guidance: Establishing and Maintaining a List of U.S. Milk and Milk Product, Seafood, Infant Formula, and Formula for Young Children Manufacturers/Processors with Interest in Exporting to China (November 2018)
- Guidance: Establishing and Maintaining a List of U. S. Dairy Product Manufacturers/Processors with Interest in Exporting to Chile (November 2018)
- Final Rule: Accreditation of Third-Party Auditors/Certification Bodies to Conduct Food Safety Audits and to Issue Certifications (November 2015)
- Proposed Rule: User Fee Program to Provide for Accreditation of Third-Party Auditors/Certification Bodies to Conduct Food Safety Audits and to Issue Certifications (July 2015)
- Importers and Filers: Food Security Preventive Measures Guidance (October 2007)
- Draft Guidance: Regulatory Procedures Manual Chapter 9, Subchapter: Guidance Concerning Recommending Customs' Seizure and Destruction of Imported Human and Animal Food That Has Not Been Reconditioned (November 5, 2002)
- Letter to Manufacturers, Importers, and Distributors of Imported Candy and Candy Wrappers (June 13, 1995)
Prior Notice of Imported Foods
- Proposed Rule: Adding Requirement to Submit Mail Tracking Number for Articles of Food Arriving by International Mail and Timeframe for Post-Refusal and Post-Hold Submissions (November 2023)
- Guidance: Prior Notice of Imported Food Contingency Plan for System Outages (November 2020)
- Guidance: Prior Notice of Imported Food Questions and Answers (Edition 3) (June 2016)
- Final Rule: Information Required in Prior Notice of Imported Food (May 2013)
- Small Entity Compliance Guide: What You Need to Know About Prior Notice of Imported Food Shipments (August 2011)
- Compliance Policy Guide: Prior Notice of Imported Food (May 2009)
- Final Rule: Prior Notice of Imported Food Under the Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act of 2002 (November 2008)
More on Prior Notice of Imported Foods
Resources
- Importing Food Products into the United States
- Exporting Food Products from the United States
- Foreign Food Facility Inspection Program