(a) Each export document issued by the department shall do all of the following:
(1) Identify either or both of the following:
(A) The name and place of business of the manufacturer or producer of the food, drug, device, or cosmetic.
(B) The name and place of business of the distributor of the food, drug, device, or cosmetic.
(2) Identify the food, drug, device, or cosmetic being shipped.
(3) Identify the state or country to which the food, drug, device, or cosmetic is being shipped.
(4) Identify the approximate date of shipment.
(5) Describe the department’s authority over the food, drug, device, or cosmetic to be shipped and its manufacturer or producer.
(6) State that the department does not object to the sale of the food, drug, device, or cosmetic in this state or the shipment of the food, drug, device, or cosmetic to any other state or country.
(b) Each export document issued by the department may, in the department’s sole discretion, include additional statements requested by the person who requested the export document.
(c) Each export document issued by the department shall be issued by the Chief of the Food and Drug Branch of the department, or his or her designee. The chief or his or her designee may issue an export document prepared by the department or by the requesting person.
(d) The export document shall expire one year after its issue date.
(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 539, Sec. 2. (AB 1400) Effective January 1, 2014.)