Covered
✓ U.S. owner or consignee of an article of food for import into the United States.
✓ U.S. agent or representative of the foreign owner or consignee at time of entry.
Exempt
◌ Importing low acid canned food (21 CFR 113 applies)
◌ Importing fish or fishery products
◌ Importing juice
◌ Importing food for research
◌ Importing meat, poultry, and/or egg products (USDA)
◌ Importing food for personal consumption
◌ Importing food that is transshipped
◌ Importing food for processing and direct export
◌ Importing alcoholic beverages
◌ Importing from a country with an officially recognized or equivalent food safety system

