Food Transportation

The Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN) and the Center for Veterinary Medicine (CVM) are working together (see the 2010 Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking) to implement the Sanitary Food Transportation Act of 2005 which requires that FDA prescribe sanitary transportation practices to ensure that food (including animal feed) transported by motor vehicle or rail is not transported under conditions that may adulterate the food. This section also contains links to existing regulations and guidance documents that address food transportation.

 

Transportation of Food

 

Regulations

• Good Manufacturing Practices 

  • Warehousing and Distribution  

• Establishment, Maintenance, and Availability of Records

  • What information must transporters establish and maintain?
  • What are the record retention requirements?
  • What are the record availability requirements?
  • What records are excluded from this subpart?
  • What are the consequences of failing to establish or maintain records or make them available to FDA?
  • Small Entity Compliance Guide What You Need to Know About Establishment and Maintenance of Records (December 2004)

• Eggs and Dairy Foods

  • Production, Storage, and Transportation of Shell Eggs (July 2009)
  • Pasteurized Milk Ordinance (2007 Revision)

Guidance

• Fruits, Vegetables & Juices

  • Guidance for Industry: Guide to Minimize Microbial Food Safety Hazards of Fresh-cut Fruits and Vegetables (February 2008)
  • Guidance for Industry: Guide to Minimize Microbial Food Safety Hazards for Fresh Fruits and Vegetables (November 1997; Revised April 2008 and October 2008)
  • Guidance for Industry: Bulk Transport of Juice Concentrates and Certain Shelf Stable Juices (April 2003)

• Eggs and Dairy Foods

  • Bulk Milk Transporters Bulk Milk Transfer Stations and Fluid Milk Processors: Food Security Preventative Measures Guidance (Updated October 2007)

• General, Vehicles, and Security

  • Guidance for Industry: Sanitary Transportation of Food (April 2010)
  • A Notice from FDA to Growers, Food Manufacturers, Food Warehouse Managers, and Transporters of Food Products on Decontamination of Transport Vehicles (Revised August 2006)
  • Bulk Milk Transporters Bulk Milk Transfer Stations and Fluid Milk Processors: Food Security Preventative Measures Guidance (Updated October 2007)
  • Food Producers, Processors, and Transporters: Food Security Preventive Measures Guidance (Revised October 2007)

 

 

Transportation of Animal Food and Feed 

 

Regulations

• Substances Prohibited from use in Animal Food and Feed (Revised April 2009)
  • Requirements for Renderers - see section (C)
  • Requirements for Protein Blenders, Feed Manufacturers, and Distributors - see section (D)
  • Requirements for Persons that Intend to Separate Mammalian and Nonmammalian Materials - see section (E)
• Cattle Materials Prohibited in Animal Food or Feed to Prevent the Transmission of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy - see section (C) (Revised April 2009)
• Current Good Manufacturing Practice for Medicated Feeds; Equipment Cleanout Procedures (Revised April 2009)

Guidance

• FDA's Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy Page
• CVM Guidance for Industry 68. Small Entities Compliance Guide for Protein Blenders, Feed Manufacturers, and Distributors (PDF - 31KB) (February 1998)
• CVM Guidance for Industry 122. Manufacture And Labeling Of Raw Meat Foods For Companion And Captive Noncompanion Carnivores And Omnivores (PDF - 58.7 KB) (Revised November 2004)