USA Guidelines and Regulations

Bioterrorism Act of 2002 - FDA

Code of Federal Regulations and Federal Register - FDA (2003)
Common or Usual Names for Catfish - FDA (2002)
Compliance Policy Guides - FDA (2002)
Country of Origin Labeling - USDA

District Seafood Coordinators - FDA (2004)
Do Your Own Establishment Inspection - FDA (1994)
Domestic Fish and Fishery Products - FDA (2001)
Draft Guidance for Industry Refusal of Inspection or Access to HACCP Records Pertaining to the Safety and Sanitary Processing of Fish and Fishery Products - FDA (2000)

EU: FDA Guidance on EU Export Certificates for Seafood - Questions and Answers - US FDA
EU: Guidance and Protocol for Industry and Food and Drug Administration Staff, Certification of Fish and Fishery Products for Export to the European Union and European Free Trade Association (Draft Guidance) - US FDA
EU: Guidance for Industry, Proposed Referral Program from the Food and Drug Administration to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Seafood Inspection Program for the Certification of Live and Perishable Fish and Fishery Products for Export to the European Union and the European Free Trade Association (Draft Guidance) - US FDA
Evaluation of HACCP for 1998/1999 - US FDA
Evaluation of HACCP for 2000/2001 - US FDA
Evaulation of HACCP for 2002/2003 - US FDA

FDA Dockets Management
FDA Food and Cosmetic International/Foreign Language Documents - FDA (2001)
FDA-Issued/Supported Export Certificates for Foods - FDA
FDA Response Letter on Carbon Monoxide Treatment of Tuna - FDA (2000)
FDA's "Blue Book" - Requirements of Laws and Regulations Enforced by the U.S. FDA: Table of Contents (2002)
FDA's "Blue Book" - Requirements of Laws and Regulations Enforced by the U.S. FDA: Seafood-Related Sections (2002)
Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, Chapter IV -- Food - Definitions and Standards for Food - FDA
Federal Food Safety Responsibilities (2001)
Federal Register, Browse Site
Filtered Smoke/Carbon Monoxide*, 7 p. - USDC (2003)
Fish and Fisheries Products Hazards and Controls Guide, 3rd ed. - FDA (2001) 
Fish and Fisheries Products Hazards & Controls Guidance: 3rd Ed., Summary of Most Significant Changes - (2001)
Fish and Seafood Promotion Act Provisions; Seafood Marketing Councils (NMFS proposal - Comments due Feb. 23, 2006)
Food and Cosmetic Guidance Documents - FDA (2002)
Food Code (2005) - FDA
Food Code (2005) Joint Introduction (FDA, CDC, HHS, and USDA) - FDA
Food Code (2005) Questions and Answers - FDA
Food Code (2005) Summary of Changes - FDA
Food Security Preventive Measures Guidance - FDA (2002)

Guidance Documents for Trace Elements in Shellfish FDA - (1993)
Guidance on Labeling of Foods That Need Refrigeration by Consumers - FDA (1997)
Guide to California Laboratory Resources (CA Dept. of Health Services) (2001)

HACCP News - FDA (2002)

Importer Alert #16-125, 9/25/02: Detention without Physical Examination of Refrigerated (Not Frozen) Vacuum Packaged or Modified Atmosphere Packaged Atmosphere Packaged Raw Fish and Fishery Products Due to the Potential for C. botulinum Toxin Production - FDA (2002)
Import Bulletin 16B-95: Tasteless Smoke and/or Carbon Monoxide - FDA (1999)
Importers and Filers: Food Security Preventive Measures Guidance - FDA (2002)
Information for FDA-Regulated Industry - FDA (2002)
Interstate Shellfish Sanitation Conference Documents - ISSC (1999)

Label Declaration of Allergenic Substances in Foods - FDA (1996)
Label Information

National Advisory Committee on Microbiological Criteria for Foods (NACMCF)
National Shellfish Sanitation Program Guide for the Control of Molluscan Shellfish (2003 Revision) - FDA
National Shellfish Sanitation Program Guide for the Control of Molluscan Shellfish (2005 Revision) - FDA^NEW
National Shellfish Sanitation Program Model Ordinance (1999 Revision) - FDA (2000)

Oyster Restrictions in California
- Aviso A Los Negociantes y Distribuidores de Mariscos en California*
- Notice to the Retail Food Industry on the Sale of Raw Gulf Oysters in California*
- Notice to the Seafood Dealers on the Sale of Raw Gulf Oysters in California*  
- Gulf Oyster Regulations Summary* - Summary of the limitation of sales of raw Gulf oysters in California
- Raw Oyster Regulations* - Text of California Code of Regulations, title 17, Sections 13675 and 13676 concerning the sale of raw Gulf oysters in California
- Calif. Ban on Raw Gulf of Mexico Oysters - LSU

Product Specifications for Nonstandardized Products* - USDC (1989)
Program Policy - Fishery Products Treated with Carbon Monoxide and Filtered Smoke Gas, PowerPoint Slides - USDC (2003)