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Overview

• Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition: Overview (English) (Chinese (Big 5)) (Chinese (GB)) (French) (German) (Spanish)
• Food Safety: A Team Approach -- Responsibilities of the different organizations for food safety in the United States (English) (Chinese (Big 5)) (Chinese (GB)) (French) (German) (Japanese) (Korean) (Spanish)
• FDA's Food and Cosmetic Regulatory Responsibilities (English) (Arabic) (Chinese (Big 5)) (Chinese (GB)) (French) (German) (Japanese) (Korean) (Spanish)
• Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act Selected Provisions (English) (French)
• Affirmative Agenda for International Activities

Bioterrorism

• FDA Actions on New Bioterrorism Legislation (English) (Spanish) (French) (Bulgarian (PDF*)) (Croatian (PDF*)) (Czech (PDF*)) (Hungarian (PDF*)) (Polish (PDF*)) (Romanian (PDF*)) (Russian (PDF*)) (Serbian (Cyrillic) (PDF*)) (Slovak (PDF*)) (Slovene (PDF*)) (Ukrainian (PDF*))
• Proposed Regulation: Registration of Food Facilities (English) (Spanish) (French)
• FDA Proposes Regulation for Registering Food Facilities (English) (Spanish) (French)
• Proposed Regulation: Prior Notice of Imported Food Shipments (English) (Spanish) (French)
• Prior Notice of Imported Food Shipments Proposal (English) (Spanish) (French)

Cosmetics

• Eye Cosmetic Safety (English) (Arabic)
• Regulatory Requirements for Marketing Cosmetics in the U.S. (English) (French) (Spanish) (Russian (1251)) (Russian (KOI-8))
• FDA Warns consumers Not to Use Crema De Belleza: July 23, 1996 (English) (Spanish)

Food Additives

• About Food Additives (English) (French) (Spanish) (Russian (1251)) (Russian (KOI-8))

Foodborne Illness

• Bad Bug Book-- Foodborne Pathogenic Microorganisms and Natural Toxins Handbook: Selected Pages (English) (French) (Russian (1251)) (Russian (KOI-8))
• Ten Least Wanted Foodborne Pathogens (Partnership for Food Safety Education) (English) (Chinese (Big 5)) (Chinese (GB)) (French) (German) (Japanese) (Korean) (Russian (1251)) (Russian (KOI-8)) (Spanish)
• Organisms That Can Bug You (Partnership for Food Safety Education) (English) (Chinese (Big 5)) (Chinese (GB)) (French) (German) (Japanese) (Korean) (Russian (1251)) (Russian (KOI-8)) (Spanish)
• Everyone can Fight BAC! (Partnership for Food Safety Education) (English) (Chinese (Big 5)) (Chinese (GB)) (French) (German) (Korean) (Russian (1251)) (Russian (KOI-8)) (Spanish)
• Fight BAC! Public Service Announcement (Partnership for Food Safety Education) (English) (Cantonese) (Korean) (Mandarin) (Spanish) (Vietnamese)

Food Labeling

• Food Labeling Backgrounder (English) (French) (Spanish) (Russian (1251)) (Russian (KOI-8))
• Food Labeling Guide (English) (French) (Spanish) (Russian (1251)) (Russian (KOI-8))

Food Safety Initiative

• Guide to Minimize Microbial Food Safety Hazards for Fresh Fruits and Vegetables (English) (Arabic) (French) (Portuguese) (Spanish)

HACCP (Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point System)

• HACCP Principles for Food Production (English) (French) (Russian (1251)) (Russian (KOI-8))

Imports, Exports

• Backgrounder on FDA and Imports (English) (French) (Russian (1251)) (Russian (KOI-8))
• FDA Import Procedures (English) (Chinese (Big 5)) (Chinese (GB)) (French) (German) (Korean) (Spanish) (Russian (1251)) (Russian (KOI-8))
• Low Acid Canned and Acidified Foods--The FDA Importers Guide (English) (French) (Spanish) (Russian (1251)) (Russian (KOI-8))
• Other FDA information on Imports and Exports (English)

Inspections

• 21 CFR 110: Current Good Manufacturing Practice in Manufacturing, Packing, or Holding Human Food (English) (Spanish)

Pesticides and Chemical Contaminants

• FDA Report on Pesticides (English) (French) (Spanish) (Russian (1251)) (Russian (KOI-8))
• Ethyl Carbamate Preventative Action Manual (English) (Italian)

Seafood

• Overview of the Seafood Program (English) (French) (Spanish) (Russian (1251)) (Russian (KOI-8))
• FDA Consumer Advisory about the Risks of Mercury in Fish (English) (Spanish)

Additional FDA Information

• FDA Food and Cosmetic Information on the World Wide Web
• How to obtain printed copies of the Federal Register and the Code of Federal Regulations (English) (French) (Spanish) (Russian (1251)) (Russian (KOI-8))
• FDA Office of Women's Health My Medicines (several languages)
• Additional Publications in Spanish

International Trade and Other Organizations on the WWW

• Other International Trade Resources on the WWW (English) (French)
• Information for International Travelers (English) (French)

FDA Food and Cosmetic International / Foreign Language Videos

Bioterrorism

• Video of January 29, 2003 Satellite Broadcast - RealPlayer modem speed (28 kbps) (English) (English (Captioned)) (French) (Spanish)
• Video of January 29, 2003 Satellite Broadcast - RealPlayer broadband (150 kbps) (English) (English (Captioned)) (French) (Spanish)
• Video of January 29, 2003 Satellite Broadcast - Windows Media Player modem speed (28 kbps) (English) (English (Captioned)) (French) (Spanish)
• Video of January 29, 2003 Satellite Broadcast - Windows Media Playerr broadband (150 kbps) (English) (English (Captioned)) (French) (Spanish)

Food Safety

• 5/99 Assuring Safer Produce (English) (French) (Portuguese) (Spanish)
• Fight BAC! Public Service Announcement (English) (Cantonese) (Korean) (Mandarin) (Spanish) (Vietnamese)