Joseph George Guth - Comment

Good Day, I have issue with the change in this document making the United States Agent responsible for fees responsible for inspection of foreign companies. When this law was enacted the US Agent was to be a contact person for the FDA in the USA who could give the FDA quick information about the foreign company. There was no legal or financial responsibility associated with being an agent. As such, people like me (an owner of a specialty food importing company) allowed myself to be used as the agent by a few small exporting companies in Europe. I felt this was both a convenience to the exporting company and to the FDA. I receive no pay or any compensation for being listed as the agent. In no way should I be responsible for fees these autonomous companies incur due to FDA inspections. I hope this rule can be changed to reflect the way the law was originally written. Thank you. Joseph Guth