draft guidance for industry questions and answers regarding the reportable food registry as established by the food and drug administration amendments act of 2007 availability announcement of further delay in implementation of the food and drug administration amendments act of 2007 fr doc. e9-13614 public notice pages 27803-27804 the food and drug administration fda is announcing the availability of a draft guidance entitled guidance for industry questions and answers regarding the reportable food registry as established by the food and drug administration amendments act of 2007. the draft guidance when finalized will assist the industry in complying with the reportable food registry requirements prescribed by the food and drug administration amendments act of 2007 fdaaa . fda is also announcing a further delay in the implementation of the reportable food registry the registry of fdaaa until 8 september 2009 to consider any comments received on the draft guidance and through the agencys planned outreach initiatives and to allow for further testing of the electronic portal for reportable foods. the draft guidance when finalized will represent the agencys current thinking on this topic. it does not create or confer any rights for or on any person and does not operate to bind fda or the public. an alternate approach may be used if such approach satisfies the requirements of the applicable statutes and regulations. on 27 september 2007 the president signed fdaaa into law public law 110- 85 . section 1005 of fdaaa amends the federal food drug and cosmetic act the act by creating a new section 417 21 u.s.c. 350f among other things. section 417 of the act requires the secretary of health and human services to establish within fda a reportable food registry the registry the registry is to be established not later than one year after the date of enactment i.e. by 27 september 2008 . to further the development of the registry section 417 of the act requires fda to establish also within one year after the date of enactment i.e. by 27 september 2008 an electronic portal the reportable food electronic portal by which instances of reportable food must be submitted to fda by responsible parties and may be submitted by public health officials