date:May 31, 2013
port shopping. IDFA supports this rule.
The interim final rule became effective July 3, 2011. The final rule adopts the regulatory requirements outlined in the interim final rule and will become effective May 30, 2013.
The Prior Notice provision was part of the Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act, (known as the Bioterrorism Act), signed into law in June, 2002. This Act said FDA must receive a notice including certain information about imported foods before th