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FAQ

\"Frequently asked questions\"  with information to assist users.

Fax

(1)  Material transmitted via facsimile machine (that transmits and receives exact copies of documents).  (2) The numeric telephone address for a facsimile machine.

Fax Submission

Submission of a safety report via facsimile machine. (that transmits and receives exact copies of documents).

FDA

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration

FDA Product Code

The FDA Product Code contains seven characters. The Industry, Class and Product combine to identify a particular product. All products currently coded by the FDA are part of the application. The Subclass codes vary based on the industry selected; these can be types of packaging or can serve to further identify the product selected. The PIC identifies the process most recently used to create the product being imported.

Feature

A cluster of application elements that helps a user to accomplish a particular goal or task.

Feedback

The return of information about the result of a process or activity; an evaluative response.

File Type

The kind of electronic file–as categorized by the content, such as executable program files, text files, image files and so on.  File types are generally indicated by their \"extension,\" appended to the end of a file’s name.

Fill Weight

The weight of the product particulates before processing. It does not include the weight of the container or covering liquid.

Filter

A pattern defined by the user through which data is passed. Only data that matches the pattern is allowed to pass through the filter.

FOIA Information Request

Request made by any party for information made available by the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).

Follow-up Report

Submitted in order to present new, additional, or amended, information about a previously submitted report.  (May sometimes be referred to as a supplemental report.)

Food

Articles used for food or drink for humans or other animals, chewing gum, and articles used as a component of any such article.

Food Additive

Articles which may by their intended uses become components of food, either directly or indirectly, or which may otherwise affect the characteristics of the food. The function of a food additive--which is established by the manufacturer--determines its \"Class Code.\"

Food/Feed Facility

The site for which the Responsible Party is submitting a report.  This site may have discovered the product problem on their own (\"self-discovery\"), or have been notified by another site.  The Facility may or may not be the site at which the adulteration originated (i.e., the Adulteration Origination Site). (The Responsible Party and the Food/Feed Facility point of contact may be the same person or different.  In a large food company, for example, corporate headquarters may be the Responsible Party for reporting for one or more Food Facility locations.)

Form

A (HTML) form in the Portal is a section of a document containing normal content, markup, special elements called controls (checkboxes, radio buttons, menus, etc.), and labels on those controls. Users generally \"complete\" a form by modifying its controls (entering text, selecting menu items, etc.), before submitting the form to a software \"agent\" for processing (e.g., to a Web server, to a mail server, etc.).



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