Food facilities have until Dec. 31 to renew FDA registrations
Food facilities have been required to register with FDA since 2003.
Registrar Corp., Hampton, Va., issued a statement, reminding the food industry of an important upcoming regulatory deadline. Under the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), food facilities that manufacture, process, pack or store food for distribution in the United States are required to renew their FDA registrations between Oct. 1 and Dec. 31.
Food facilities have been required to register with FDA since 2003. FSMA updated this requirement in 2011 to include biennial renewals to keep FDA's registration database up-to-date. Food facilities are now required to renew every even numbered year.