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Four Major Regulations: Under the authority of the Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act of 2002, signed by President Bush in June 2002, the FDA developed four new regulations that� address provisions of the law. 
Registration of food facilities. This regulation became effective in December 2003. It requires owners and operators of foreign or domestic food facilities that manufacture or process, pack, or hold food for human or animal consumption in the United States to submit information to the agency about the facility and emergency contacts. More than 400,000 facilities are expected to register through the FDA's new electronic registration system,� which went online in October 2003.
Prior notification of imported food shipments. This regulation which became effective in December 2003, requires the FDA to receive prior notice of imported food shipments before the food arrives at a U.S. port. The FDA expects to receive about 25,000 notifications about incoming shipments every day.
Establishment and maintenance of records. Manufacturers, processors, packers, importers, and others are required to keep records that identify the source from which they receive food and where they send it.
Administrative detention. The agency has new authority to detain any food for up to 30 days for which there is credible evidence that the food poses a serious threat to humans or animals.
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