[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 58 (Monday, March 27, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15188-15210]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-2894]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

[FDA 225-06-8001]


Memorandum of Understanding Between the Food and Drug 
Administration, Department of Health and Human Services, of the United 
States of America and the Certification and Accreditation 
Administration of the People's Republic of China Covering Ceramicware 
Intended for Use in the Preparation, Serving or Storage of Food or 
Drink and Offered for Export to the United States of America

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is providing notice of 
a memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the Food and Drug 
Administration, Department of Health and Human Services, of the United 
States of America and the Certification and Accreditation 
Administration of the People's Republic of China (CNCA).
    The purpose of this MOU is to establish a certification system that 
increases the likelihood that daily-use ceramicware manufactured in the 
People's Republic of China (China) and offered for import into the 
United States complies with U.S. law. To that end, this MOU sets forth 
the criteria for certification of ceramicware to be exported directly 
from China to the United States and intended for use in the 
preparation, serving, or storage of food, and for certification of 
firms in China that are manufacturing such ceramicware. These 
certifications will enable FDA to reduce the frequency of its sampling 
of daily-use ceramicware from factories in China certified by CNCA/
China Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureaus (CIQs) and offered 
for import into the United States, in accordance with FDA's confidence 
in the effectiveness of the CNCA/CIQ factory certification system.

DATES: The agreement became effective January 26, 2006 (last signature 
date of the Chinese version of the MOU).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Matthew E. Eckel, Office of 
International Programs (HFG-1), Food and Drug Administration, 5600 
Fishers Lane, Rockville MD, 20857, 301-827-4480, FAX: 301-480-0716.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In accordance with 21 CFR 20.108(c), which 
states that all written agreements and understandings between FDA and 
others shall be published in the Federal Register, the agency is 
publishing notice of this MOU.

    Dated: March 17, 2006.
Jeffrey Shuren,
Assistant Commissioner for Policy.
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[FR Doc. 06-2894 Filed 3-24-06; 8:45 am]
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