FDA reminds human and animal food facilities about biennial registration renewal

La FDA recuerda a las instalaciones de alimentos para humanos y animales sobre la renovación del registro bienal

U.S. and foreign human and animal food facilities that are required to register with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration must renew their registration this year before December 31.

The FDA will consider the registration of a food facility to be expired if the facility does not renew its registration by December 31, 2020. There is no fee associated with registration or renewal. Owners and operators of food facilities must submit their renewal information electronically through their FDA Industry Systems account, unless they have received a waiver to submit a paper submission.

Starting this year all facilities must include a unique facility identifier (UFI) recognized as acceptable to the FDA with the registration submission. The requirement is being introduced in accordance with the 2016 rulemaking implementing the food facility registration provisions in the Food, Drug & Cosmetic Act.  The UFI will be used to verify that the facility-specific address associated with the UFI is the same address associated with the facility’s registration. To date, the FDA recognizes the Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) number as an acceptable UFI. The DUNS number is assigned and managed by Dun & Bradstreet (D&B). DUNS numbers can be obtained or verified by visiting D&B’s website at http://www.dnb.com/duns-number.htmlExternal Link Disclaimer. The UFI field has been added to Section 2-Facility Name/Address Information of Form FDA 3537.