Louisiana Department of Health & Hospitals | Bruce Greenstein, Secretary

LINKS / Food and Drug Unit

FOOD MANUFACTURING AND DISTRIBUTION

• Online Permit Renewal Payment by Credit Card if you wish to pay for your permit renewal online, you may do so here--THIS SYSTEM IS FOR PERMITS TO OPERATE ONLY--you cannot renew a Certificate of Registration online! Also this system cannot be used for UV Tanning or Commercial Body Art registration renewals.
• FDU Revenue Worksheet if you need a replacement revenue worksheet document, it can be downloaded here
• FDA Food Facility Registration Information and Form contains the information a new food firm needs to register with FDA per FFD&C Act requirements
• Tax and Trade Bureau of the U.S. Department of the Treasury regulates the production and distribution of alcoholic beverages in the United States; this agency issues label approval documents for beverage products >6% ABV (alcohol-by-volume)
• Louisiana Office of Alcohol and Tobacco Control regulates the manufacture and distribution of alcoholic beverages within the state of Louisiana
• Post-disaster food handling information a listing of documents from various public and private sources characterizing best practices for handling food products after a hurricane or other disaster event
• Color additive listing a listing of approved color additives for foods and the uses for which they are accepted by FDA
• Major food allergen information for FALCPA compliance a web version of the Food Facts document on major food allergens

HACCP

• SSOP/HACCP record document templates useful record-keeping templates for those designing HACCP plans
• Seafood HACCP guidance/training information

DRUG MANUFACTURING AND DISTRIBUTION

• FDA Drug Registration Information and Form contains the information a new drug firm needs to register with FDA per FFD&C Act requirements
• Louisiana State Board of Wholesale Drug Distributors regulates the distribution of legend drugs and devices at wholesale in Louisiana
• Louisiana State Board of Pharmacy regulates the operation of retail pharmacies and the licensing of pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, and other allied professions in Louisiana

LABELLING AND REGISTRATION

• FDA Food Labelling Guidance Document contains a substantial quantity of useful information on basic label requirements
• GS1 US website for the firm formerly known as the Uniform Code Council--this is the entity responsible for issuing Universal Product Codes
• Louisiana Secretary of State Commercial Divison all companies doing business in Louisiana are required to register with the Secretary of State
• Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry Agricultural Marketing Divison administers the "Certified Cajun" and "Certified Product of Louisiana" logo programs
• The Ins and Outs of Food Labeling Part 1 a PowerPoint training presentation on food labels created by North Dakota State University
• The Ins and Outs of Food Labeling Part 2 a PowerPoint training presentation on food labels created by North Dakota State University
• Food Product Labeling Basics Fact Sheet a brief guide to food labels from Okalahoma State University
• Label Layout Guide label layout guidance from Food Consulting Company

 

PET FOODS/ANIMAL FEEDS

• FDA Pet Food Facility Registration see this link for information on FDA's federal regulation of these products.
• LDAF Office of Agricultural Marketing and Chemistry reviews and approves new animal and pet food formulations