Cal. HSC § 110190 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 104 / Part 5 / Chapter 2 / Article 4 / Section 110190
Section 110190
Status: in_force

(a) Any person who ships to another state or country a food, drug, device, or cosmetic manufactured or produced in this state may request the department to issue an export document to reference the shipment of the food, drug, device, or cosmetic. The food, drug, device, or cosmetic shall be manufactured or produced in this state by a person who has a valid registration, license, certificate, or permit issued by the department under this part or the Miscellaneous Food, Food Facility, and Hazardous Substances Act (Section 27). For each request, the requesting person shall submit to the department, in hardcopy or the electronic formats described in subdivision (c), all of the following:

(1) All labels, labeling, and advertising affixed to, accompanying, or relating to the food, drug, device, or cosmetic. The department shall accept electronic or paper copies of labels, labeling, or advertising.

(2) If not clearly evident from the materials submitted pursuant to paragraph (1), the requester shall submit both of the following:

(A) The name, place of business, and the type and number of the registration, license, certificate, or permit issued by the department to the manufacturer or producer of the food, drug, device, or cosmetic.

(B) The identity of the food, drug, device, or cosmetic being shipped.

(3) The name of the state or country to which the food, drug, device, or cosmetic is being shipped.

(4) The approximate date of shipment of the food, drug, device, or cosmetic.

(5) Additional statements the requesting person wishes to have incorporated into the export document.

(6) The name and telephone number of the requesting person to whom the department may refer questions or requests for additional information.

(b) The person making the request shall also submit the one-time fee required by paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 110210, if the fee has not yet been paid, and the minimum charge required by paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 110210.

(c) The department shall accept requests for an export document submitted by email or other electronic methods.

(1) For requests submitted by email or facsimile on or after January 1, 2014, payment of the fees described in subdivision (b) shall be provided to, and received by, the department within five business days after submittal of the request. The department shall suspend processing of a request if payment is not received within five business days, and shall resume processing once it receives the payment.

(2) For requests submitted using an electronic document request submittal process developed by the department and available on the department’s Internet Web site, payment shall be submitted at the time of the request.

(d) The department shall develop procedures to expedite approval of requests for an export document in which the labels, labeling, and advertising affixed to, accompanying, or relating to the food, drug, device, or cosmetic remain unchanged from a previously approved request for an export document for that food, drug, device, or cosmetic.