 Medical Courier San Jose California: The Food and Drug Branch mission is to protect and improve the health of all California residents by assuring that foods, drugs, medical devices, cosmetics and certain other consumer products are safe and are not adulterated, misbranded nor falsely advertised; and that drugs and medical devices are effective.
The Food and Drug Branch vision is to lead the way into the 21st century by redefining the standards for Food and Drug program excellence through scientifically-based, cost effective, outcome-oriented public health protection programs. New Address for PO Box delivery California Dept. of Health Services New Address for Courier delivery: California Dept. of Health Services Main Phone Number: (916) 650-6500
California Performance Review - Licensing and Certification Survey. Click here to download short survey Hallmark Westland Meat Recall Westland Recall Retail Distribution Additional Products Containing Westland Recalled Beef
Cagle, Inc. Chicken Giblets Recall Cagle, Inc. - California Retail Distribution NEW STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS FOR MEAT AND POULTRY RECALLS The attachments below contain the new statutory requirements, effective July 1, 2007, for Class I and Class II recalls of meat and poultry products in California. The law applies to any processor, distributor, or broker who received or sold recalled meat and poultry products. The basic requirements include the following.
Please review the entire statute and provide to your staff who may be involved with meat and poultry recalls. If you have questions, please contact the Food and Drug Branch at (916) 650-6500. Meat and Poultry Recalls - H&S 110806 (pdf) Spreadsheet for Recalled Meat and Poultry Distribution (xls)
GUIDANCE FOR INDUSTRY: On March 19, 2003, the Food and Drug Administration has announced the availability of four guidance documents addressing food and cosmetic security preventive measures. Two are revised, final guidance documents; one addresses food producers, processors, and transporters; the other addresses importers and filers. The other two documents are draft guidance; one addresses retail food stores and food service establishments and another addresses cosmetics processors and transporters. This fact sheet provides an overview of the draft and final guidance documents that present the agency's current thinking on appropriate preventive measures that establishments may take to minimize the risk that food or cosmetics under their control will be subject to tampering or other malicious, criminal, or terrorist actions. The guidance documents take the operators of food and cosmetic establishments through each segment of the system within their control, in order to minimize the risk that the foods or cosmetics under their control are subject to tampering, or other malicious criminal or terrorist actions. Implementation of these measures requires commitment from both management and employees to be successful and, therefore, both should participate in their development and review. These guidance documents are not regulations and are not mandatory. They set forth voluntary recommendations from FDA, which represent FDA's current thinking on appropriate and flexible food and cosmetic security preventive measures that may be taken by the FDA-regulated industry. FDA has found that developing guidance is the fastest way to get these types of recommendations to the industry, while allowing greater flexibility to alter recommendations as science and intelligence information changes. In matters such as these, industry generally follows FDA's recommendations. Revised, Final Guidance Documents The two revised, final guidance documents are:
The guidance found in these documents is designed as an aid to operators of food establishments (for example, firms that produce, process, store, repack, re-label, distribute, or transport food or food ingredients) and operators of food importing establishments, storage warehouses, and filers (including customhouse brokers). It identifies the kinds of preventive measures that operators may want to consider taking to minimize the risk that food under their control will be subject to tampering or other malicious, criminal or terrorist actions. Draft Guidance Documents The two draft guidance documents are:
The guidance found in these documents is designed as an aid to operators of retail food stores and food service establishments (for example, bakeries, bars, bed-and-breakfast operations, cafeterias, camps, child and adult day care providers, church kitchens, commissaries, community fund raisers, convenience stores, fairs, food banks, grocery stores, interstate conveyances, meal services for homebound persons, mobile food carts, restaurants, and vending machine operators) and operators of cosmetic establishments. It identifies the kinds of preventive measures that operators may want to consider taking to minimize the risk that food and cosmetics under their control will be subject to tampering or other malicious, criminal or terrorist actions.
New Information Update - Drug and Medical Device License Fees Additional Materials Press Release: http://www.fda.gov/oc/factsheets/foodsecurity.html Food Security Preventive Guidances Federal Register (PDF)
Food and Cosmetic Security Guidances ( U.S. FDA )
CDC Public Health Emergency Preparedness & Response 2005 Chaptered Legislation Summary (pdf) NEW EMERGENCY ADVISORY SERVICE Subscribe to this confidential, free service to receive brief alerts of urgent food, drug, or medical device safety issues in California such as recalls, changes in laws or regulations, health alerts, and press releases. You can choose how you would like to receive these urgent messages including fax, phone, e-mail, and pager. Reporting a Problem Consumer Complaint reports can be made on: Emergencies: Office of Emergency Services 24-hour staffing (916) 845-8911 
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