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# Guide to U.S. Import Requirements for Food: An FDLI Primer

 August 2014

Food and Drug Law Institute

 

 

 

 

 

 

Partner [Kathy Cannon](/Our-People/Kathleen-W-Cannon) co-authored the Food and Drug Law Institute publication ​“Guide to U.S. Import Requirements for Food: An FDLI Primer.” This Guide provides members of the legal community and regulated industry a resource that describes the general legal requirements for imported foods and explains the overlapping authority of the multiple federal agencies involved in regulating food importation.

For more information, and to purchase the guide, please [click here](http://www.fdli.org/resources/resources-order-box-detail-view/guide-to-u.s.-import-requirements-for-food-an-fdli-primer).

 

 

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