# Guidance for Industry: Questions and Answers Regarding Establishment and Maintenance of Records by Persons Who Manufacture, Process, Pack, Transport, Distribute, Receive, Hold, or Import Food (Edition 5)
> **Food and Drug Administration** · Notice of guidance availability. · Published 2012-02-23 · 77 FR 10662
## Document
- **Document number:** 2012-4167
- **Category:** fda-food
- **Sub-agency:** Food and Drug Administration
- **Federal Register citation:** 77 FR 10662
- **CFR reference:** 21 CFR 1
- **Publication date:** 2012-02-23
- **HHS docket:** Docket No. FDA-2011-D-0598
## Abstract

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the availability of a guidance entitled "Questions and Answers Regarding Establishment and Maintenance of Records by Persons Who Manufacture, Process, Pack, Transport, Distribute, Receive, Hold, or Import Food (Edition 5)." This guidance provides updated information pertaining to the establishment and maintenance of records by persons who manufacture, process, pack, transport, distribute, receive, hold, or import food in the United States under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FD&C Act), as amended by the FDA Food Safety and Modernization Act (FSMA) of January 4, 2011.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2012/02/23/2012-4167/guidance-for-industry-questions-and-answers-regarding-establishment-and-maintenance-of-records-by)
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