[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 146 (Friday, July 30, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44973-44974]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-18763]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Food and Drug Administration
[Docket No. FDA-2009-D-0260]
Report: A New Approach to Targeting Inspection Resources and
Identifying Patterns of Adulteration: The Reportable Food Registry;
Availability
AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the
availability of a report entitled ``A New Approach to Targeting
Inspection Resources and Identifying Patterns of Adulteration: The
Reportable Food Registry.'' The report presents FDA's experience with
the Reportable Food Registry (RFR or the Registry) from the opening of
the Reportable Food electronic portal on September 8, 2009, until March
31, 2010.
ADDRESSES: Submit written requests for single copies of the report to
the Office of Food Defense, Communication and Emergency Response (HFS-
005), Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition,
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Food and Drug Administration, 5100 Paint Branch Pkwy., College Park, MD
20740. Send two self-addressed adhesive labels to assist that office in
processing your request. See the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section for
electronic access to the report.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kathy Gombas, Center for Food Safety
and Applied Nutrition (HFS-300), Food and Drug Administration, 5100
Paint Branch Pkwy., College Park, MD 20740, 301-436-1807.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Introduction
The Reportable Food Registry was created by Public Law 110-85 which
mandated that the FDA establish an electronic portal to which industry
must and public health officials may report when there is a reasonable
probability that an article of human food or animal food/feed
(including pet food) will cause serious adverse health consequences or
death to humans or animals. The Congressional intent of the Registry is
to help FDA better protect public health by tracking patterns of food
and feed adulteration and targeting inspection resources. This report
presents FDA's experience with the RFR from the opening of the
Reportable Food electronic portal on September 8, 2009, until March 31,
2010. Because the Registry has been operational for only a short
period, FDA cautions that it is too early to draw inferences concerning
patterns of food and feed adulteration.
II. Background
The RFR was established by section 1005 of the Food and Drug
Administration Amendments Act of 2007 (Public Law 110-85) which amended
the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act by creating a new section 417,
Reportable Food Registry (21 U.S.C. 350f), and required FDA to
establish an electronic portal by which reports about instances of
reportable food must be submitted to FDA within 24 hours by responsible
parties and may be submitted by public health officials. These reports
may be primary, the initial submission about a reportable food, or
subsequent, a report by either a supplier (upstream) or a recipient
(downstream) of a food or food ingredient for which a primary report
has been submitted.
The RFR covers all human and animal food/feed (including pet food)
regulated by FDA except infant formula and dietary supplements. Other
mandatory reporting systems exist for problems with infant formula and
dietary supplements. Submissions to the Reportable Food electronic
portal provide early warning to FDA about potential public health risks
from reportable foods and increase the speed with which the agency and
its partners at the State and local levels can investigate the reports
and take appropriate followup action, including ensuring that the
reportable foods are removed from commerce when necessary.
The RFR does not receive reports about drugs or other medical
products, reports about products under the exclusive jurisdiction of
the U.S. Department of Agriculture, or reports from consumers.
The RFR is helping FDA better protect public health by tracking
patterns of adulteration in human and animal food/feed (including pet
food). The report presents FDA's experience with the RFR from the
opening of the Reportable Food electronic portal on September 8, 2009,
until March 31, 2010.
III. Electronic Access
Persons with access to the Internet may obtain the report at http://www.fda.gov/Food/FoodSafety/FoodSafetyPrograms/RFR/ucm200958.htm.
Dated: July 12, 2010.
Leslie Kux,
Acting Assistant Commissioner for Policy.
[FR Doc. 2010-18763 Filed 7-29-10; 8:45 am]
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