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Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Sarah Kotler, Director
Division of Headquarters Freedom of Information, ODIGA U.S. Food & Drug Administration
5630 Fishers Lane
Room-1035
Rockville, Maryland 20857 301-796-3900 (main) 301-827-9267 (fax)
Freedom of Information (FOI) Points of Contact
Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER)
Access Litigation and Freedom of Information Branch
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
10903 New Hampshire Avenue
Building 71, Room 1114
Silver Spring, MD 20993-0002
Contact: Elizabeth Sly
Main Line 240-402-7800
FOI Line 240-402-8008
Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER)
Division of Information Disclosure, FOI
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
10001 New Hampshire Avenue
Silver Spring, MD 20993-0002
Contact: Guruprasad Udapi 301-796-2660
Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH)
Office of Communication and Education
Division of Information Disclosure
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
10903 New Hampshire Avenue
Building 32, Room 4212
Silver Spring, MD 20993
Contact: Candace Davis 240-402-3736
Status line number 301-796-8118
Email requests for file status to: CDRH-FOIStatus@fda.hhs.gov
Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN)
Freedom of Information Officer
The Office of Regulations, Policy and Social Sciences
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
5001 Campus Drive Room 1C-006
College Park, MD 20740-3835
Center for Tobacco Products (CTP)
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
10903 New Hampshire Avenue
Document Control Center
Building 71, Room G335
Silver Spring,MD 20993-0002
Contact: Marqui Barnes 240-402-2453
Jennifer German 301-796-3484
Center for Veterinary Medicine (CVM)
Freedom of Information Officer
Office of the Director
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
7519 Standish Place, Room 3504
Rockville, MD 20855
Contact: Sandra Cepeda 240-402-6812
Division of Dockets Management (DDM)
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
5630 Fishers Lane
Room 1061
Rockville, MD 20857
Contact: Dynna Bigby 301-796-0407
Office of Inspections and Investigations (OII)
Division of Headquarters Freedom of Information
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Executive Operations Staff
12420 Parklawn Drive, Room 4026
Rockville, Maryland 20857