The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has released two regulations to increase safety of food imports. The new regulations involve requiring prior notice filed to the FDA for all food shipments entering the country, in addition to the registration of all domestic and overseas processors with activities in the U.S. market. FDA was mandated by Congress to develop the regulations under the 2002 Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act. "These new requirements represent the latest steps in our ongoing efforts to respond to new threats and improve the safety of all the foods that we eat in this country," said Tommy G. Thompson, secretary of Health and Human Services. The advance notice for food imports will take effect Dec. 12. This will allow the FDA to know in advance when specific food shipments are arriving in the U.S. port of entry. The agency expects to receive about 25,000 notifications a day.
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机译：美国食品药品监督管理局发布了两项法规，以提高食品进口的安全性。新法规除了要求在美国市场开展活动的所有国内外加工商进行注册外，还要求所有进入该国的食品必须事先向FDA提交通知。 FDA受国会的委托，根据2002年《公共卫生安全和生物恐怖主义防范和应对法》制定法规。卫生与公共服务部长汤米·汤普森（Tommy G. Thompson）表示：“这些新要求代表了我们为应对新威胁并提高我们在该国食用的所有食品的安全性而进行的持续努力中的最新步骤。食品进口的预先通知将于12月12日生效。这将使FDA提前知道何时有特定的食品运抵美国入境口岸。该机构预计每天会收到25,000条通知。
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