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    PrintThe 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. The Sanitary Food Transportation Act of 2005 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.

**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 & Dairy Foods**

Guidance for Industry: Bulk Milk Transporters Bulk Milk Transfer Stations and Fluid Milk Processors: Food Security Preventative Measures Guidance (Updated October 2007)
	Guidance for Industry: Production, Storage, and Transportation of Shell Eggs (July 2009)**General, Vehicles & Security**

Guidance for Industry: Returning Refrigerated Transport Vehicles and Refrigerated Storage Units to Food Uses After Using Them to Preserve Human Remains (September 2023)
	Guidance for Industry: Sanitary Transportation of Human and Animal Food: What You Need to Know About the FDA Regulation - Small Entity Compliance Guide(November 2017)
	Guidance for Industry: Clarification on Food Establishment Waiver from Requirements of the Sanitary Transportation of Human and Animal Food Rule (August 2017)
	FSMA Final Rule on Sanitary Transportation of Human and Animal Food (April 2016)
	Guidance for Industry: Sanitary Transportation of Food (April 2010)
	Guidance for Industry: Notice from FDA to Growers, Food Manufacturers, Food Warehouse Managers, and Transporters of Food Products on Decontamination of Transport Vehicles (Revised August 2006)
	Guidance for Industry: Bulk Milk Transporters Bulk Milk Transfer Stations and Fluid Milk Processors: Food Security Preventative Measures Guidance (Updated October 2007)
	Guidance for Industry: Food Producers, Processors, and Transporters: Food Security Preventive Measures Guidance (Revised October 2007)
	Defect Action Levels (DALS) (1995; Revised March 1997 and May 1998)
	Booklet. This list is compiled from FDA's Compliance Policy Guides on established "current levels for natural or unavoidable defects in food for human use that present no health hazards."
	Action Levels for Poisonous or Deleterious Substances in Human Food and Feed (2000)**Good Manufacturing Practices**

Warehousing and Distribution
	Current Good Manufacturing Practice for Medicated Feeds; Equipment Cleanout Procedures (Revised April 2009)**Establishment, Maintenance & 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**Animal Food & Feed**

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)
	Substances Prohibited from use in Animal Food and Feed (Revised April 2009)
	Cattle Materials Prohibited in Animal Food or Feed to Prevent the Transmission of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy - see section (C) (Revised April 2009)

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