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FDA to Begin Issuing Electronic Export Certificates

The Food and Drug Administration will on Feb. 20 begin issuing electronic PDF versions of export certificates for food, it said (here). The electronic certificates of free sale will be issued electronically online to “make the process of issuing COFS…

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more efficient for both exporters and the agency,” it said. The certificates will be issued in the Certificate Application Process (CAP) web-based application (here). The new electronic certificate (here) will also “have a new look,” FDA said. Exporters unable to use the new PDF system may contact FDA for assistance, the agency said.