How to file the Food Facility Registration (US federal)
Filed online in FDA Industry Systems. Required for facilities that make, pack or hold food for U.S. consumption, including foreign ones. Restaurants and retail food stores are exempt.
- Agency
- U.S. Food and Drug Administration
- Where it applies
- US federal
- How it's filed
- Filed online
- Fee
- Free
- How long it takes
- Number issued on screen as soon as an online registration with a valid UFI is submitted; foreign facilities wait for U.S. agent confirmation.
- Renewal
- Renew between October 1 and December 31 of every even-numbered year.
Official links
Checked against the agency's own page.
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