[01/12/06]
Those grain elevator operations that receive, hold, and ship raw
agricultural commodities, such as corn, soybeans, wheat, alfalfa meal,
and other crops, are mandated by the Bioterrorism Act of 2002 to
register all their facilities, wherever food grains are received,
cleaned, stored, blended, and processed, and then shipped. This mandate
to keep records of all grain received and shipped through the
facilities is required to help prevent acts of contamination either by
terrorists or by natural contamination.
Feed mill operations that receive raw agricultural commodities and
manufacture them into animal and pet feed also are required to comply
with this law. Even the delivery truck and its drivers have to be
recorded.
The recordkeeping process must be in place by June 2006. After this
date, all records must be available to the FDA as soon as possible, and
no longer than 24 hours after a request is made if an act of
contamination is tracked to a grain handling operation.
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for all PIDCs (Premise IDentification Codes) and other premises codes.
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from the field through the elevator or storage, and the transporters
log through every processing stage, from the grower to the table.
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