110190
. (a) Any person who ships to another state or country a
food, drug, device, or cosmetic manufactured or produced in this
state may request the department to issue an export document to
reference the shipment of the food, drug, device, or cosmetic. The
food, drug, device, or cosmetic shall be manufactured or produced in
this state by a person who has a valid registration, license,
certificate, or permit issued by the department under this part or
the Miscellaneous Food, Food Facility, and Hazardous Substances Act
(Section 27). For each request, the requesting person shall submit to
the department, in hardcopy or the electronic formats described in
subdivision (c), all of the following:
(1) All labels, labeling, and advertising affixed to,
accompanying, or relating to the food, drug, device, or cosmetic. The
department shall accept electronic or paper copies of labels,
labeling, or advertising.
(2) If not clearly evident from the materials submitted pursuant
to paragraph (1), the requester shall submit both of the following:
(A) The name, place of business, and the type and number of the
registration, license, certificate, or permit issued by the
department to the manufacturer or producer of the food, drug, device,
or cosmetic.
(B) The identity of the food, drug, device, or cosmetic being
shipped.
(3) The name of the state or country to which the food, drug,
device, or cosmetic is being shipped.
(4) The approximate date of shipment of the food, drug, device, or
cosmetic.
(5) Additional statements the requesting person wishes to have
incorporated into the export document.
(6) The name and telephone number of the requesting person to whom
the department may refer questions or requests for additional
information.
(b) The person making the request shall also submit the one-time
fee required by paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 110210,
if the fee has not yet been paid, and the minimum charge required by
paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 110210.
(c) The department shall accept requests for an export document
submitted by email or other electronic methods.
(1) For requests submitted by email or facsimile on or after
January 1, 2014, payment of the fees described in subdivision (b)
shall be provided to, and received by, the department within five
business days after submittal of the request. The department shall
suspend processing of a request if payment is not received within
five business days, and shall resume processing once it receives the
payment.
(2) For requests submitted using an electronic document request
submittal process developed by the department and available on the
department's Internet Web site, payment shall be submitted at the
time of the request.
(d) The department shall develop procedures to expedite approval
of requests for an export document in which the labels, labeling, and
advertising affixed to, accompanying, or relating to the food, drug,
device, or cosmetic remain unchanged from a previously approved
request for an export document for that food, drug, device, or
cosmetic.