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# FDA Food Contact Notifications

> Search filters and result fields of fda_fcn.

* **Dataset id:** `fda_fcn`
* **Jurisdiction:** US · FDA
* **Date field:** none. A search that sets `date_from` or `date_to` skips this dataset and reports it as `skipped`.
* **Access:** any API key.

## Filters

Send these under `filters.fda_fcn` in a [search](/api-reference/v3/search) request. A filter not listed here, or a value of the wrong type, is a 400.

<ParamField body="fcn_number" type="string">
  Exact FCN number (e.g., '2504').
</ParamField>

<ParamField body="notifier" type="string">
  BM25 tokenized match on the notifier company name.
</ParamField>

<ParamField body="manufacturer_supplier" type="string">
  BM25 tokenized match on the manufacturer/supplier name.
</ParamField>

<ParamField body="food_contact_substance" type="string">
  BM25 tokenized match on the food contact substance name or CAS number.
</ParamField>

<ParamField body="intended_use" type="string">
  BM25 tokenized match on the intended use description (e.g., 'antioxidant', 'coatings').
</ParamField>

<ParamField body="year" type="integer">
  Effective year of the FCN (from effective\_date; e.g., 2024). For the rare record lacking an effective\_date this is the source registry's last-update year.
</ParamField>

<ParamField body="year_min" type="integer">
  Inclusive minimum year (matches the same effective year as the `year` filter).
</ParamField>

<ParamField body="year_max" type="integer">
  Inclusive maximum year (matches the same effective year as the `year` filter).
</ParamField>

## Fields

Each result from this dataset has these in `fields`:

`effective_date`, `fcn_number`, `fda_decision`, `food_contact_substance`, `intended_use`, `limitations_specifications`, `manufacturer_supplier`, `nepa_submission`, `notifier`, `url`, `year`


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